apt-get upgrade reported that gdb was up to date. However, removing and re-installing gdb with apt-get got it working again.
The gdb packaging? The upgrade procedure? I have a copy of the systems with bad gdb instances if anyone would like to take this on. But for now, I'm out of the woods... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gdb in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1719110 Title: gdb gets SIGSEGV before calling main() Status in gdb package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This about covers it: jas@rpi3:~$ cat foo.cpp #include <stdio.h> int main (int argc, const char **argv) { printf("hello, world\n"); return 0; } jas@rpi3:~$ g++ foo.cpp jas@rpi3:~$ gdb a.out GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.11.1-0ubuntu1~16.5) 7.11.1 Copyright (C) 2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "arm-linux-gnueabihf". Type "show configuration" for configuration details. For bug reporting instructions, please see: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>. Find the GDB manual and other documentation resources online at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>. For help, type "help". Type "apropos word" to search for commands related to "word"... Reading symbols from a.out...(no debugging symbols found)...done. (gdb) r Starting program: /home/jas/a.out Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x76fd9dde in ?? () from /lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3 (gdb) I can't image how this can be. It seems to happen on all images. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdb/+bug/1719110/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
