> > On Sat, Sep 19, 1998 at 05:31:31PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 20, 1998 at 01:14:30AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > Why do the system libraries not have symbols? > > > > They do have some symbols in them. Try e.g. > > nm --dynamic --defined-only /lib/libc.so.6 > > Hmmm, okay. So why doesn't gdb use them? Is that only my system, > or everyone's?
I think this is normal. I believe the dynamic libraries are stripped to keep them small. If you need the symbols in the library for debuggging, you can link your executable statically. The static libraries are not stripped. HTH, Eric -- E.L. Meijer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | tel. office +31 40 2472189 Eindhoven Univ. of Technology | tel. lab. +31 40 2475032 Lab. for Catalysis and Inorg. Chem. (TAK) | tel. fax +31 40 2455054
