On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 11:38:24AM +0200, John Hughes wrote: > I don't get the static version with gcc 4.3 and gdb 6.8 on lenny (x86-64): > > (gdb) info var optind > All variables matching regular expression "optind": > > File /usr/include/getopt.h: > int optind; > > Non-debugging symbols: > 0x0000000000600a00 optind@@GLIBC_2.2.5
Maybe this means you don't have libc6-dbg installed? I would have expected GDB to work in this case, preferring the copy in the executable. Go figure. > >Unfortunately, this bug is quite hard to fix. It applies to any > >variable defined in a shared library and used in the executable. > > Eew. How horrid. Here's another reference (the problem has been around for a while): http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb/2003-12/msg00165.html -- Daniel Jacobowitz CodeSourcery -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
