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From: "Suhaib M. Siddiqi" <ssiddiqi AT ipass DOT net>
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Subject: Re: GDB
Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 13:22:53 -0400
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> > > I get a segmentation failt in gdb before it trips a break on main.
> > > 
> > > I've got a couple of strange dll's (ones associated with stuff
> > > I'd thought I'd de-installed) in reported gdb startup. I suppose an
> > > NT reinstall will be required to get rid of them.
> > > 
> > 
> > Perhaps you have problems with your DLLs or installation.  GDB newest release from
> > Mumit khan works perfect.
> 
> There IS a serious problem with gdb and DLLs. I've been working with
> Mumit for a long time now trying to track this one down. Apparently,
> if you have more than 6 or 7 DLLs to load during startup, you get
> the seg fault. I'm not sure if this is true on NT or not - I haven't
> been able to build a program that needs that many DLLs on NT.
> >From the output of gdb, I suspect there is a problem trying to
> load symbol tables from the DLL. 
> 

Not sure it the the "more then 6 or 7 DLLs" loading is a universal problem with gdb.

I hav an application which uses 9 DLLs and I was able to debug it with out problems.

Regards

Suhaib



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