Does SUSE Linux come with dbx, as a gdb alternative?

Olga

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Roland Mainz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Dr. Werner Fink <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 01:32:26PM +0200, Roland Mainz wrote:
>>> [CC:'ing Werner since this is i18n related and was only observed on
>>> SuSE 12.3 Linux for now...]
>>
>> IMHO you may use the --args option of the gdb. Be sure that all
>> debugging symbols are installed (libc e.g.)
>
> How do I do that on SuSE 12.3 Linux ? I tried it with the "zypper"
> command but it results in a no-op:
> -- snip --
> $ zypper install -C
> "debuginfo(build-id)=a9fe4fffa800ff91f2850b678d56619e0701323c"
> Loading repository data...
> Reading installed packages...
> No provider of 'debuginfo(build-id) =
> a9fe4fffa800ff91f2850b678d56619e0701323c' found.
> Resolving package dependencies...
>
> Nothing to do.
> -- snip --
>
> Uhm... ?!
>
>> and ksh is not stripped.
>> Then start your ksh with
>>
>>       gdb --args ksh
>>
>> ... set a break point as usual
>>
>>       break iconv
>>       run
>>
>> ... wait on ksh
>>
>>       builtin iconv
>>       iconv -t UTF-8  astksh20130409_suse123_32bit_builtin_iconv_hang1.txt
>>
>> now this should trigger the breka and with the help of `bt' the place where
>> iconv is used the first time should be visible.
> [snip]
>
> Thanks... I already did that... but the gdb issue with "previous frame
> inner to this frame" issue remains.
> Note: I'm coming from Solaris/SPARC/dbx+UNICOS/SV1+SuperUX/SX-8 and
> I'm not very familiar with x86/AMD64 debugging... ;-( )
>
> ----
>
> Bye,
> Roland
>
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