[4b0ebf70] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY gdb-download-http "http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-&gdb-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY gdb-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-&gdb-version;.tar.bz2">
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[4890200] | 9 | <!ENTITY gdb-md5sum "fda57170e4d11cdde74259ca575412a8">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY gdb-size "24 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY gdb-buildsize "360 MB (450 MB with checks)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY gdb-time "2.0 SBU (6.0 SBU with checks)">
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[4b0ebf70] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[d3970e1] | 15 | <sect1 id="gdb" xreflabel="GDB-&gdb-version;">
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[4b0ebf70] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="gdb.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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[d3970e1] | 23 | <title>GDB-&gdb-version;</title>
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[4b0ebf70] | 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="gdb">
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[4890200] | 26 | <primary sortas="a-GDB">GDB</primary>
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[4b0ebf70] | 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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[d3970e1] | 30 | <title>Introduction to GDB</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>
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| 33 | <application>GDB</application>, the GNU Project debugger, allows you
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| 34 | to see what is going on <quote>inside</quote> another program while it
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| 35 | executes -- or what another program was doing at the moment it crashed.
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| 36 | Note that <application>GDB</application> is most effective when tracing
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| 37 | programs and libraries that were built with debugging symbols and not
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| 38 | stripped.
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| 39 | </para>
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[4b0ebf70] | 40 |
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[dc6ba1c0] | 41 | &lfs74_checked;
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[4b0ebf70] | 42 |
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| 43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 45 | <listitem>
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[4890200] | 46 | <para>
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| 47 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gdb-download-http;"/>
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| 48 | </para>
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[4b0ebf70] | 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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[4890200] | 51 | <para>
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| 52 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gdb-download-ftp;"/>
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| 53 | </para>
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[4b0ebf70] | 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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[4890200] | 56 | <para>
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| 57 | Download MD5 sum: &gdb-md5sum;
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| 58 | </para>
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[4b0ebf70] | 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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[4890200] | 61 | <para>
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| 62 | Download size: &gdb-size;
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| 63 | </para>
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[4b0ebf70] | 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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[4890200] | 66 | <para>
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| 67 | Estimated disk space required: &gdb-buildsize;
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| 68 | </para>
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[4b0ebf70] | 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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[4890200] | 71 | <para>
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| 72 | Estimated build time: &gdb-time;
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| 73 | </para>
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[4b0ebf70] | 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | </itemizedlist>
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| 76 |
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[d3970e1] | 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GDB Dependencies</bridgehead>
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[d4c9b7c] | 78 |
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| 79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 80 | <para role="optional">
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[4890200] | 81 | <xref linkend="dejagnu"/> (for tests) and
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| 82 | <xref linkend="python2"/>
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[d4c9b7c] | 83 | </para>
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| 84 |
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[4b0ebf70] | 85 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[d3970e1] | 86 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gdb"/>
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| 87 | </para>
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[4b0ebf70] | 88 | </sect2>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <sect2 role="installation">
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[d3970e1] | 91 | <title>Installation of GDB</title>
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[4b0ebf70] | 92 |
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[d3970e1] | 93 | <para>
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| 94 | Install <application>GDB</application> by running the following
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| 95 | commands:
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| 96 | </para>
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[4b0ebf70] | 97 |
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[d4c9b7c] | 98 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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[4b0ebf70] | 99 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 100 |
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[d3970e1] | 101 | <para>
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| 102 | To test the results, issue: <command>make -k check</command>.
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| 103 | </para>
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[4b0ebf70] | 104 |
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[d3970e1] | 105 | <para>
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| 106 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 107 | </para>
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[4b0ebf70] | 108 |
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| 109 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make -C gdb install</userinput></screen>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | </sect2>
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[d3970e1] | 112 |
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[4b0ebf70] | 113 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 114 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <segmentedlist>
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| 117 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 118 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 119 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 120 |
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| 121 | <seglistitem>
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[4890200] | 122 | <seg>
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| 123 | gdb and gdbserver
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| 124 | </seg>
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| 125 | <seg>
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| 126 | libinproctrace.so
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| 127 | </seg>
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| 128 | <seg>
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| 129 | /usr/include/gdb and
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| 130 | /usr/share/gdb
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| 131 | </seg>
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[4b0ebf70] | 132 | </seglistitem>
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| 133 | </segmentedlist>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <variablelist>
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| 136 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 137 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 138 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <varlistentry id="gdb-prog">
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| 141 | <term><command>gdb</command></term>
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| 142 | <listitem>
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[d3970e1] | 143 | <para>
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| 144 | is the GNU Debugger.
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| 145 | </para>
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[4b0ebf70] | 146 | <indexterm zone="gdb gdb-prog">
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| 147 | <primary sortas="b-gdb-prog">gdb-prog</primary>
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| 148 | </indexterm>
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| 149 | </listitem>
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| 150 | </varlistentry>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <varlistentry id="gdbserver">
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| 153 | <term><command>gdbserver</command></term>
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| 154 | <listitem>
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[d3970e1] | 155 | <para>
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[4890200] | 156 | is a remote server for the GNU debugger (it allows programs
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| 157 | to be debugged from a different machine).
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[d3970e1] | 158 | </para>
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[4b0ebf70] | 159 | <indexterm zone="gdb gdbserver">
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| 160 | <primary sortas="b-gdbserver">gdbserver</primary>
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| 161 | </indexterm>
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| 162 | </listitem>
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| 163 | </varlistentry>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <varlistentry id="libinproctrace">
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[4890200] | 166 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libinproctrace.so</filename></term>
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[4b0ebf70] | 167 | <listitem>
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[d3970e1] | 168 | <para>
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| 169 | contains functions for the in-process tracing agent. The agent
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| 170 | allows for installing fast tracepoints, listing static tracepoint
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| 171 | markers, probing static tracepoints markers, and starting trace
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| 172 | monitoring.
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| 173 | </para>
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[4b0ebf70] | 174 | <indexterm zone="gdb libinproctrace">
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| 175 | <primary sortas="c-libinproctrace">libinproctrace.so</primary>
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| 176 | </indexterm>
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| 177 | </listitem>
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[d3970e1] | 178 | </varlistentry>
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[4b0ebf70] | 179 |
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| 180 | </variablelist>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | </sect2>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | </sect1>
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