Re: how to use debuginfo files ?

[Ed Greshko <Ed Greshko greshko com>]

Greg Hosler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've rebuild an rpm and generated the debuginfo file, and now I wish to make
> use of the debuginfo file for debugging.
> 
> I've searched the web, high and low, and I've gone thru the /usr/share/doc/
> hierarchy looking for clues (especially the rhel- subdirectories), and I can't
> find a single reference as to how to use these for debugging.
> 
> Has anyone debugged an installed rpm w/ the debuginfo files before ?

I could be wrong here...but I always thought that the
application-debuginfo.rpm was the same as application.rpm except that it
was compiled with the -g option of gcc (or whatever compiler is used).
So, you either install the application-debuginfo.rpm or application.rpm.
 If you install the application-debuginfo.rpm then you simply debug in
the same manner would would any application that has debugging turned
on.  That is, you consult the complier documentation to see what extra
info is provided with the debug flag turned on.



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