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Re: cygwin bughunt (FAQ alert?)


On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 19:24:03 -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> However, oops, this means that the advice of using a snapshot shouldn't
> go into the FAQ since this isn't a permanent arrangement.

Well, how about this then:

I may have found a bug in Cygwin, how can I debug it (the symbols in gdb 
look funny)?

Debugging symbols are stripped from distibuted Cygwin binaries, so any
symbols that you see in gdb are basically meaningless. It is also a
good idea to use
the latest code in case the bug has been fixed, so you will need to follow the 
instructions at http://cygwin.com/faq/faq_3.html#SEC102 to build your own 
debugging version. You can also contact the mailing list for pointers
(a simple test
case that demonstrates the bug is always welcome).

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