Re: question about why gdb needs executable's binary
Andreas Schwab <[email protected]> Wed, 13 Mar 2019 15:34:11 +0100
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On M=C3=A4r 13 2019, Jirka Koutn=C3=BD <[email protected]> wrote: > If we assume debugging a core file generated by an excutable with stripped > symbols (that gdb is able to find and load correctly in my case), > I was wondering why does gdb still need the executable's binary as > well? A core file only contains data from modified mappings. Any data from read-only mappings needs to be read from the original files. Andreas. --=20 Andreas Schwab, SUSE Labs, [email protected] GPG Key fingerprint =3D 0196 BAD8 1CE9 1970 F4BE 1748 E4D4 88E3 0EEA B9D7 "And now for something completely different."