On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 5:30:57 PM UTC+3, toothpik wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 10:17:58PM -0700, carmel zuk wrote:
> > I'm trying to debug vim with gdb to learn about how vim works and maybe
> > help with bug fixes.
>
> > I compiled the source with
>
> > export CFLAGS="-ggdb"
>
> > But when I run
>
> > gdb vim
>
> > I get
> >
> > ...
> > Reading symbols from vim...(no debugging symbols found)...done
>
> it sounds as if you are using a vim that's been installed -- one of the
> many things
>
> make install
>
> does is to strip debug info from the executable -- if you want to run an
> unstripped vim, you need to go to the source
>
> [installed, stripped]:
>
> file /usr/local/bin/vim
> /usr/local/bin/vim: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV),
> dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 3.0.0,
> BuildID[sha1]=4928e15976740cb7720b1e262f50681969dfda50, stripped
>
> [uninstalled, unstripped]:
>
> file ~/.build/vim/vim/src/vim
> ~/.build/vim/vim/src/vim: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1
> (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 3.0.0,
> BuildID[sha1]=4928e15976740cb7720b1e262f50681969dfda50, not stripped
>
> so if you run
>
> gdb ~/.build/vim/vim/src/vim
>
> you'll likely get a better reaction
> (you'll want to replace my directory structure with yours)
works!
this (unstripped) vim executable is created with
make install
?
anyway thanks a lot!
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