Public bug reported: Binary package hint: gdb
See the following transcript: $ gdb /sbin/ldconfig GNU gdb 6.6-debian Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions. Type "show copying" to see the conditions. There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"... (no debugging symbols found) Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/i686/cmov/libthread_db.so.1". (gdb) info files Symbols from "/sbin/ldconfig". Local exec file: `/sbin/ldconfig', file type elf32-i386. Entry point: 0x8048110 0x080480d4 - 0x080480f4 is .note.ABI-tag 0x080480f4 - 0x0804810b is .init 0x08048110 - 0x080b84c8 is .text [...] 0x080d9b68 - 0x080d9b7c is __libc_freeres_ptrs (gdb) break *0x8048110 Breakpoint 1 at 0x8048110 (gdb) run Starting program: /sbin/ldconfig warning: shared library handler failed to enable breakpoint (no debugging symbols found) /sbin/ldconfig: Can't create temporary cache file /etc/ld.so.cache~: Permission denied Program exited with code 01. (gdb) quit gdb should break after loading the binary, but before executing any instructions. It doesn't. I am using feisty with gdb 6.6.dfsg-1ubuntu2 on a Samsung X20 XVM 1730 V laptop (i386 architecture). ** Affects: gdb (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- gdb cannot break on entry point for statically linked binaries https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/151518 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs