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Re: Extracting Debug (meta data) from executable images?
On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 01:18:17PM -0800, Brian Dessent wrote:
>Siegfried Heintze wrote:
>>What is the relationship between cygwin, windows and these formats and
>>libraries? Can I use these linux libraries to read debug information
>>in images created with g++ on cygwin?
>>
>>If not, how do I read the debug information in images created with g++
>>on cygwin?
>
>The gcc / binutils / gdb distributed with Cygwin use stabs. I believe
>that patches to get dwarf2 working have been submitted, and in theory
>if you build your own toolchain you should be able to do this.
>
>But "extracting debug info" is way too vague of a term to offer any
>meaningful help. You'd have to state exactly what you're trying to do.
>Try "man objdump" or "objdump -g file", or read the binutils/bfd
>internals manuals.
But despite all of this, I'm sure Igor is still pleased...
cgf
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