This is still an issue with hirsute afaict. (hirsute-amd64)root@impulse:/tmp# gdb --ex 'set debug-file-directory /tmp/dbgsym/usr/lib/debug:/usr/lib/debug' --ex 'file /bin/cat' --ex 'cor e-file /tmp/cat.core' GNU gdb (Ubuntu 10.1-0ubuntu1) 10.1 Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu". Type "show configuration" for configuration details. For bug reporting instructions, please see: <https://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>. Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>.
For help, type "help". Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word". Reading symbols from /bin/cat... Reading symbols from /tmp/dbgsym/usr/lib/debug/.build-id/bc/06d3bee37b8c7e67b31cb2689cb351102ae73b.debug... could not find '.gnu_debugaltlink' file for /tmp/dbgsym/usr/lib/debug/.build-id/bc/06d3bee37b8c7e67b31cb2689cb351102ae73b.debug (No debugging symbols found in /tmp/dbgsym/usr/lib/debug/.build-id/bc/06d3bee37b8c7e67b31cb2689cb351102ae73b.debug) [New LWP 1146067] Core was generated by `/bin/cat'. Program terminated with signal SIGTSTP, Stopped (user). #0 0x00007ffff7edca92 in read () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apport in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1818918 Title: gdb doesn't search in debug-file-directory for .gnu_debugaltlink Status in Apport: Fix Released Status in apport package in Ubuntu: New Status in gdb package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: As far as I can tell gdb version 8.2.90 isn't searching the debug- file-directory, which I set, for the '.gnu_debugaltlink' which is in the debug symbols. Here's the error I'm seeing: Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word". Reading symbols from /srv/vms/apport-sandbox-dir/Ubuntu 19.04/amd64/report-sandbox//usr/bin/gnome-calculator... Reading symbols from /srv/vms/apport-sandbox-dir/Ubuntu 19.04/amd64/report-sandbox/usr/lib/debug/.build-id/95/59c4c5ee30eb66d47bb9bd64784a69c9a6de6b.debug... could not find '.gnu_debugaltlink' file for /srv/vms/apport-sandbox-dir/Ubuntu 19.04/amd64/report-sandbox/usr/lib/debug/.build-id/95/59c4c5ee30eb66d47bb9bd64784a69c9a6de6b.debug (No debugging symbols found in /srv/vms/apport-sandbox-dir/Ubuntu 19.04/amd64/report-sandbox/usr/lib/debug/.build-id/95/59c4c5ee30eb66d47bb9bd64784a69c9a6de6b.debug) Here's part of an strace of what's going on behind the scenes: lstat("/srv/vms/apport-sandbox-dir/Ubuntu 19.04/amd64/report-sandbox/usr/lib/debug/.build-id/95/59c4c5ee30eb66d47bb9bd64784a69c9a6de6b.debug", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=839744, ...}) = 0 openat(AT_FDCWD, "/usr/lib/debug/.dwz/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnome-calculator.debug", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) This is the only time "/usr/lib/debug" is searched, generally "/srv/vms/apport-sandbox-dir/Ubuntu 19.04/amd64/report- sandbox/usr/lib/debug/" is used. I'll attach the full strace though. For completeness here's the gdb command I'm using: Calling gdb command: '/srv/vms/apport-sandbox-dir/Ubuntu 19.04/amd64 /report-sandbox/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2' '/srv/vms /apport-sandbox-dir/Ubuntu 19.04/amd64/report-sandbox/usr/bin/gdb' --ex 'set debug-file-directory /srv/vms/apport-sandbox-dir/Ubuntu 19.04/amd64/report-sandbox/usr/lib/debug' --ex 'set solib-absolute- prefix /srv/vms/apport-sandbox-dir/Ubuntu 19.04/amd64/report-sandbox' --ex 'add-auto-load-safe-path /srv/vms/apport-sandbox-dir/Ubuntu 19.04/amd64/report-sandbox' --ex 'set solib-search-path /srv/vms /apport-sandbox-dir/Ubuntu 19.04/amd64/report-sandbox/lib/x86_64 -linux-gnu' --ex 'set data-directory /srv/vms/apport-sandbox- dir/Ubuntu 19.04/amd64/report-sandbox/usr/share/gdb' --ex 'file "/srv/vms/apport-sandbox-dir/Ubuntu 19.04/amd64/report- sandbox//usr/bin/gnome-calculator"' --ex 'core-file /tmp/apport_core_1b6dn6np' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/apport/+bug/1818918/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
