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 "https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-&gdb-version;.tar.xz">
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8 | <!ENTITY gdb-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-&gdb-version;.tar.xz">
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9 | <!ENTITY gdb-md5sum "2a35bac41fa8e10bf04f3a0dd7f7f363">
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10 | <!ENTITY gdb-size "18 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY gdb-buildsize "580 MB (with the test suite)">
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12 | <!ENTITY gdb-time "11.4 SBU (with the test suite)">
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13 | ]>
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14 |
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15 | <sect1 id="gdb" xreflabel="GDB-&gdb-version;">
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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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23 | <title>GDB-&gdb-version;</title>
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24 |
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25 | <indexterm zone="gdb">
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26 | <primary sortas="a-GDB">GDB</primary>
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27 | </indexterm>
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28 |
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29 | <sect2 role="package">
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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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40 |
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41 | &lfs78_checked;
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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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46 | <para>
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47 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gdb-download-http;"/>
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48 | </para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>
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52 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gdb-download-ftp;"/>
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53 | </para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>
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57 | Download MD5 sum: &gdb-md5sum;
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58 | </para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | <listitem>
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61 | <para>
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62 | Download size: &gdb-size;
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63 | </para>
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64 | </listitem>
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65 | <listitem>
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66 | <para>
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67 | Estimated disk space required: &gdb-buildsize;
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68 | </para>
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69 | </listitem>
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70 | <listitem>
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71 | <para>
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72 | Estimated build time: &gdb-time;
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73 | </para>
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74 | </listitem>
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75 | </itemizedlist>
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76 |
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77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GDB Dependencies</bridgehead>
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78 |
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79 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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80 | <para role="optional">
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81 | <xref linkend="dejagnu"/> (for tests),
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82 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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83 | <xref linkend="guile"/>,
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84 | <xref linkend="python2"/>, and
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85 | <ulink url="http://sourceware.org/systemtap">SystemTap (optional runtime
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86 | dependency, also used in a few tests)</ulink>.
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87 | </para>
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88 |
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89 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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90 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gdb"/>
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91 | </para>
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92 | </sect2>
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93 |
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94 | <sect2 role="installation">
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95 | <title>Installation of GDB</title>
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96 |
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97 | <para>
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98 | Install <application>GDB</application> by running the following
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99 | commands:
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100 | </para>
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101 |
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102 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-system-readline &&
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103 | make</userinput></screen>
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104 |
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105 | <para>
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106 | Optionally, to build the API documentation using
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107 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>, run:
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108 | </para>
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109 |
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110 | <screen><userinput>make -C gdb/doc doxy</userinput></screen>
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111 |
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112 | <para>
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113 | To run the test suite, issue the following commands:
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114 | </para>
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115 |
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116 | <screen><userinput>pushd gdb/testsuite &&
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117 | make site.exp &&
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118 | echo "set gdb_test_timeout 120" >> site.exp &&
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119 | runtest TRANSCRIPT=y
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120 | popd</userinput></screen>
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121 |
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122 | <para>
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123 | There are many problems with the test suite. Your results will depend on
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124 | installed compilers, as well as whether or not you are running it locally
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125 | or remotely. Although we do extend the timeout above, there are still many
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126 | tests that will time out. Note that by changing the timeout value, the
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127 | number of tests is no longer conserved. There are also failures associated
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128 | with system readline 6.x among others. Unexpected failures should be about
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129 | 0.5%.
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130 | </para>
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131 |
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132 | <para>
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133 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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134 | </para>
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135 |
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136 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make -C gdb install</userinput></screen>
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137 |
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138 | <para>
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139 | If you have built the API documentation, it is now in gdb/doc/doxy.
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140 | You can install it (as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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141 | user):
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142 | </para>
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143 |
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144 | <screen role="root"><userinput>install -d /usr/share/doc/gdb-&gdb-version; &&
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145 | rm -rf gdb/doc/doxy/xml &&
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146 | cp -Rv gdb/doc/doxy /usr/share/doc/gdb-&gdb-version;</userinput></screen>
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147 |
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148 | </sect2>
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149 |
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150 | <sect2 role="content">
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151 | <title>Contents</title>
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152 |
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153 | <segmentedlist>
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154 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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155 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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156 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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157 |
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158 | <seglistitem>
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159 | <seg>
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160 | gcore, gdb and gdbserver
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161 | </seg>
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162 | <seg>
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163 | libinproctrace.so
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164 | </seg>
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165 | <seg>
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166 | /usr/include/gdb and
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167 | /usr/share/gdb
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168 | </seg>
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169 | </seglistitem>
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170 | </segmentedlist>
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171 |
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172 | <variablelist>
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173 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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174 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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175 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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176 |
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177 | <varlistentry id="gcore">
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178 | <term><command>gcore</command></term>
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179 | <listitem>
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180 | <para>
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181 | generates a core dump of a running program.
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182 | </para>
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183 | <indexterm zone="gdb gcore">
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184 | <primary sortas="b-gcore">gcore</primary>
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185 | </indexterm>
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186 | </listitem>
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187 | </varlistentry>
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188 |
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189 | <varlistentry id="gdb-prog">
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190 | <term><command>gdb</command></term>
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191 | <listitem>
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192 | <para>
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193 | is the GNU Debugger.
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194 | </para>
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195 | <indexterm zone="gdb gdb-prog">
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196 | <primary sortas="b-gdb-prog">gdb-prog</primary>
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197 | </indexterm>
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198 | </listitem>
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199 | </varlistentry>
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200 |
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201 | <varlistentry id="gdbserver">
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202 | <term><command>gdbserver</command></term>
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203 | <listitem>
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204 | <para>
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205 | is a remote server for the GNU debugger (it allows programs
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206 | to be debugged from a different machine).
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207 | </para>
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208 | <indexterm zone="gdb gdbserver">
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209 | <primary sortas="b-gdbserver">gdbserver</primary>
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210 | </indexterm>
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211 | </listitem>
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212 | </varlistentry>
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213 |
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214 | <varlistentry id="libinproctrace">
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215 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libinproctrace.so</filename></term>
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216 | <listitem>
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217 | <para>
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218 | contains functions for the in-process tracing agent. The agent
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219 | allows for installing fast tracepoints, listing static tracepoint
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220 | markers, probing static tracepoints markers, and starting trace
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221 | monitoring.
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222 | </para>
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223 | <indexterm zone="gdb libinproctrace">
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224 | <primary sortas="c-libinproctrace">libinproctrace.so</primary>
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225 | </indexterm>
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226 | </listitem>
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227 | </varlistentry>
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228 |
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229 | </variablelist>
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230 |
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231 | </sect2>
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232 |
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233 | </sect1>
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