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From: "Hannu E K Nevalainen \(garbage mail\)" <garbage_collector@telia.com>
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Subject: RE: cygwin1.dll - debug version (RE: similar crash in mmap for 1.5.3-1)
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 13:23:56 +0200
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> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf
> Of Christopher Faylor

<SNIP>
> >Idea, to help debug things like the above:
> >
> > Alt 1) Make an _unstripped_ cygwin1.dll available in a package named
> >        "cygwin-DEBUG-dll" or some such. Also make it be
> "TEST/Exp" forever.
> > Alt 2) Have an unstripped cygwin1-DEBUG.dll added to the basic package,
> >        add a simple "cygswapdll" utility.
> >
> >Is this a Good or Bad idea?
>
> The new version of binutils allows you to strip debug information and put
> it in a separate file. Then you can provide that file to gdb and use it
> for debugging.

 Right, now that you mention it I remember seeing it. My ideas ran obsolete
already in the start ':-> .

> However, like everything there are two problems 1) lack of tuit cycles and
> 2) it won't stop people from running gdb on their binaries and reporting
> that strdup is causing a problem in mmap.  There will still be a "download
> the debug info" step no matter what.
>
> cgf

 Most likely... Some wording regarding "download the debug info" needs to be
added to "problems.html" - I guess.

/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59?16.37'N, 17?12.60'E
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