How to display symbols and debugging information from pe-i386 dll

[jgrant at reflectionsinteractive dot com]

Hello, 

I'm posting again to binutils@sources.redhat.com because the
bug-binutils@gnu.org did not work (see error below), is this email address
not used anymore?

My origional query follows:  (please include my email address in any
replies)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan Grant 
> Sent: 21 October 2003 13:56
> To: 'bug-binutils@gnu.org'
> Subject: How to display symbols and debugging information 
> from pe-i386 dll
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am using binutils 2.13 from MinGW,  I would like to view 
> the symbols in an MS .Net DLL with debugging information.  I 
> tried a few different options, but it does not seem to be 
> supported.  Is there a plan to support this format of 
> debugging information? I also have a testD.pdb, which seems 
> to contain .Net format debugging information too.  Using 
> strings I can see function names and variable names in the 
> DLL, so it seems it does have symbols etc.
> 
> $ objdump -f testD.dll
> 
> testD.dll:     file format pei-i386
> architecture: i386, flags 0x0000010b:
> HAS_RELOC, EXEC_P, HAS_DEBUG, D_PAGED
> start address 0x10069700
> 
> 
> 
> $ objdump -g testD.dll
> 
> testD.dll:     file format pei-i386
> 
> c:\mingw\bin\objdump.exe: testD.dll: no symbols
> c:\mingw\bin\objdump.exe: testD.dll: no recognized debugging 
> information
> 
> Any help appreciated,
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> Please include my email address in replies
> 


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> Sent: 28 October 2003 14:00
> To: jgrant@reflectionsinteractive.com
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> 
> 
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