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symtab/2079: dwarf2read.c:1471: internal-error: sect_index_text not initialized
- From: schwab at suse dot de
- To: gdb-gnats at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: 8 Feb 2006 16:43:02 -0000
- Subject: symtab/2079: dwarf2read.c:1471: internal-error: sect_index_text not initialized
- Reply-to: schwab at suse dot de
>Number: 2079
>Category: symtab
>Synopsis: dwarf2read.c:1471: internal-error: sect_index_text not initialized
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: unassigned
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Wed Feb 08 16:48:01 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: schwab@suse.de
>Release: 6.4.50.20060208-cvs
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
gdb can't handle shared libraries that contain no .text section.
>How-To-Repeat:
$ cat hello.c
#include <stdio.h>
int
main (void)
{
printf ("Hello world\n");
return 0;
}
$ cat notext.c
int foo;
$ gcc -g -c hello.c
$ gcc -g -c notext.c
$ gcc -shared -nodefaultlibs -nostdlib notext.o -o libnotext.so
$ gcc -o hello hello.o libnotext.so -Wl,-rpath=.
$ gdb hello
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This GDB was configured as "ia64-suse-linux"...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
(gdb) b main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x4000000000000792: file hello.c, line 6.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /tmp/hello
warning: Lowest section in /tmp/libnotext.so is .hash at 00000000000000e8
/cvs/gdb/gdb/dwarf2read.c:1471: internal-error: sect_index_text not initialized
A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
further debugging may prove unreliable.
Quit this debugging session? (y or n) y
/cvs/gdb/gdb/dwarf2read.c:1471: internal-error: sect_index_text not initialized
A problem internal to GDB has been detected,
further debugging may prove unreliable.
Create a core file of GDB? (y or n) n
Hello world
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: