On Sat, 10 Dec 2005, Tassilo von Parseval wrote: > One other small thing: I remember I once managed to properly debug XS > modules under gdb but somehow I seem to have lost this ability. Whenever > I try to set a breakpoint, I get: > > (gdb) break Lib.xs:380 > No symbol table is loaded. Use the "file" command. >
Newer gdb versions handle deferred breakpoints, but in the past I've created a "do nothing" xs routine which sends itself a SIGUSR2 and called that from a Perl before doing anything meaningful with the extension. When it breaks into the debugger, everything is loaded and you can set the "real" breakpoint and continue. Steve
