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Re: [commit] Improved linker-debugger interface
- From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- To: Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj at redhat dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>, Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>, Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 07:45:36 -0700
- Subject: Re: [commit] Improved linker-debugger interface
- References: <20130516144340 dot GA2105 at blade dot nx> <20130604133819 dot GA25892 at blade dot nx> <20130625205350 dot GA28973 at adacore dot com> <m3obatx5b3 dot fsf at redhat dot com> <20130625220319 dot GH5326 at adacore dot com> <20130708104719 dot GA11176 at blade dot nx>
> I think this may have been resolved by other messages in this thread,
> but for the avoidance of doubt the warning does mean that something is
> wrong and needs to be fixed. If solib-svr4 finds the probes it needs
> in the runtime linker it uses them. If it doesn't find the probes--
> either because they aren't there, or because GDB has no probes
> support--then solib-svr4 will silently fall back to the original
> (non-probes) interface. The warning is only displayed if solib-svr4
> started out using the probes and something unexpected happened, so if
> you see the warning it means either the linker or GDB has a bug.
OK, thanks for clarifying. I agree with the warning, now.
--
Joel