This is fixed upstream: https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2014-09/msg00140.html
-- 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/1348275 Title: gdb message "Got object file from memory but can't read symbols: File truncated." Status in Python: New Status in “gdb” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: $ cat >>foo.c<<EOT #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main (int argc, char *argv[]) { printf ("hello world\n"); exit (EXIT_SUCCESS); } EOT $ gcc -ggdb -O0 foo.c $ ./a.out hello world $ gdb ./a.out GNU gdb (Ubuntu 7.7.91.20140723-0ubuntu1) 7.7.91.20140723-cvs Copyright (C) 2014 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 "x86_64-linux-gnu". 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...done. (gdb) r Starting program: /tmp/a.out Got object file from memory but can't read symbols: File truncated. # XXX: <<< What is this? XXX: hello world [Inferior 1 (process 21518) exited normally] (gdb) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: gdb 7.7.91.20140723-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-5.10-generic 3.16.0-rc6 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-5-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.4-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Jul 24 17:55:11 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-04-11 (103 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140409) SourcePackage: gdb UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2014-05-08 (77 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/python/+bug/1348275/+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