Re: Using gdb on a debian system.

From: Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:07:04 -0400

On Sun, Mar 18, 2007 at 11:53:51PM -0500, cga2000 wrote:

Could somebody advise on using gdb on a debian system?

Currently whenever I need to take an insider look at what the code is
really doing, I try to locate the source of the same version, download
the .tar.gz .. run configure/make and execute the version that I built
from source:

$ gdb ./program

Is there any way I could cause debian to systematically install the
source that corresponds to the packaged binaries?

What you really need are the -dbg variants for your packages. Not all
packages have a -dbg variant available, but many of the bigger and more
popular packages do. The -dbg packages are compiled with extra
debugging information, allowing you to run them in gdb and get useful
information.

Regards,

-Roberto

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