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Re: Q: GDB - Threads
On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 09:41:19AM -0700, Paul Pluzhnikov wrote:
> > Both libs have been build on the same system.. (buildroot)..
> > Even started from scratch....
> > 88 -rw-r--r-- 1 noel noel 82178 2009-06-02 16:23 libpthread-0.9.30.1.so
> > 16 -rw-r--r-- 1 noel noel 13171 2009-06-02 16:23 libthread_db-0.9.30.1.so
>
> The identical time stamp implies that these were both installed at the
> same time, which means they are both built for *target*.
>
> But you need an identical libthread_db built for *host*.
>
> This is because GDB (on host) will try to dlopen() libthread_db (which
> helps it debug *target* libpthread).
I'm not sure what you mean. GDB never uses libthread_db on the host
if it is debugging a remote target.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
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