 | | | debuginfo packages and gdb | debuginfo packages and gdb 2005-06-20 - By John Haxby
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Francis Swasey wrote:
> I am trying to debug a problem with a locally built openldap RPM. I
> built the debuginfo package and installed it, but gdb still gives me a
> useless backtrace.
>
> I have done a lot of google searching for gdb/debuginfo information
> and have come up empty at this point.
>
> Are there any pointers to documentation of
>
> 1) where the debuginfo rpm's for RHEL 3.0 U5 are?
> 2) how to use gdb with debuginfo packages?
>
> and just in case I have completely messed something up
>
You need to install the other RPMs that you built as well, usually using
"rpm -Uvh --oldpackage". It's a shame that Red Hat don't supply the
debuginfo RPMs; it would save quite a lot of tedious mucking about.
You can get debuginfo RPMs for Fedora.
> 3) the proper way to build a debuginfo rpm?
No, if you're building one, it'll be fine.
jch
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