libpython2.4.so: Cannot load symbols for shared library with separate debuginfo

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 03:28:38PM +0200, Alejandro Homs wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to debug a Python C++ extension module. I have installed:
> 
> python-2.4-14:
>   /usr/bin/python2.4              -> stripped
>   /usr/lib/libpython.2.4.so.1.0   -> not stripped
> python-debug-info-2.4.14:
>   /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/python2.4.debug
>   /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/libpython2.4.so.1.0.debug
> 
> I installed the latest gdb-6.6. When I load the core file, gdb reads the
> symbols from python2.4.debug, but it does not read the
> libpython2.4.so.1.0.debug with the debug information for the shared library.
> I guess this is because it finds some symbols already on
> libpython2.4.so.1.0, and does not attempt to search the separate debuginfo
> file.

It should always try to load the separate debug file.  Is
debug-file-directory set to /usr/lib/debug, and is there a
.gnu_debuglink section in libpython.2.4.so.1.0?  You may have
to debug GDB to find out what it thinks it's doing.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery