[egcs 1.0.1] i386-pc-solaris2.6 and -g

Joe Buck jbuck@synopsys.com
Fri Jan 23 21:57:00 GMT 1998


[ after building egcs ]
> Programs compiled with -g cause the binutils 2.8.1 addr2line and objcopy
> (and hence strip) to dump core.  The problem seems to be that a lookup
> of the filename symbol doesn't succeed, returning a null pointer for the
> filename.  Addr2line, in particular, then tries to print the filename,
> causing it to seg fault in libc.

Even if this is an egcs bug, it is also a binutils bug.  Binutils programs
should not drop core even if presented with corrupt object files.

> 




More information about the Gcc mailing list