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Date: | Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:27:00 -0500 |
From: | Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com> |
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Subject: | Re: Extracting Debug (meta data) from executable images? |
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On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 01:18:17PM -0800, Brian Dessent wrote: >Siegfried Heintze wrote: >>What is the relationship between cygwin, windows and these formats and >>libraries? Can I use these linux libraries to read debug information >>in images created with g++ on cygwin? >> >>If not, how do I read the debug information in images created with g++ >>on cygwin? > >The gcc / binutils / gdb distributed with Cygwin use stabs. I believe >that patches to get dwarf2 working have been submitted, and in theory >if you build your own toolchain you should be able to do this. > >But "extracting debug info" is way too vague of a term to offer any >meaningful help. You'd have to state exactly what you're trying to do. >Try "man objdump" or "objdump -g file", or read the binutils/bfd >internals manuals. But despite all of this, I'm sure Igor is still pleased... cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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