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Re: gdbserver coredumps,what is the *right* libthread_db.so for gdbserver on a given platform?
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
- To: John Utz <Johnut01 at noa dot nintendo dot com>
- Cc: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 15:34:41 -0500
- Subject: Re: gdbserver coredumps,what is the *right* libthread_db.so for gdbserver on a given platform?
- References: <s011145b.072@smtpgw1.nintendo.com>
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 12:32:18PM -0800, John Utz wrote:
> Hi;
>
> i am using crosstool to build a complex app on a i686-unknown-linux-gnu
> redhat 9 for a i486-unknown-linux-gnu redhat 7.3-ish( it's a somewhat
> custom build, as near as i can tell).
>
> problem i am having is that when gdbserver tries to load the symbols
> for for libpthread-0.9.so, it segfaults.
>
> it seems to not matter *which* libthread_db.so i stuff into my search
> path on the target
It doesn't matter what's on your search path on the _TARGET_. The
segfault is usually a symptom that the libthread_db loaded on the
_HOST_ does not match the one in use on the target system.
Google for solib-absolute-prefix. Strace gdb if necessary to see what
it finds.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer