Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What have libc*-dev, gdb, gcc etc. in common with debugging symbols in
> checkerlibs?
>
> When I debug my program it suffices to me to know the problem came in
> the call to gets() for instance. I'm not interested in seeing more
> details, simply becaus
On Fri, 20 Jun 1997, Michael Meskes wrote:
> Sorry but I disagree here. For a user who only wants to debug his own
> program debugging symbols in the libraries are not needed.
>
> I'd prefer to have several packages: checker-bin, checker-libs,
> checker-dbg or something like that. Remember, we d
t;Subject: Re: checker libs with debugging symbols
>
>But hey, everybody who installes checker has at least a full installation
>of gcc, of libc*-dev, gdb, and probably a lot more development tools.
>Now, reading the above, certainly *I* want to have the symbols in
>those libs,
> >>Sorry but I disagree here. For a user who only wants to debug his own
> >>program debugging symbols in the libraries are not needed.
> >
> >Let's take a look at the following program:
[..]
> >gets(buffer);
[..]
> >If you feed it a line that's too long, the access violation will
> >happen d
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>Subject: Re: checker libs with debugging symbols
>
>Michael Meskes wrote:
>
>>Sorry but I disagree here. For a user who only wants to debug his own
>>program debuggin
Michael Meskes wrote:
>Sorry but I disagree here. For a user who only wants to debug his own
>program debugging symbols in the libraries are not needed.
Let's take a look at the following program:
#include
int main()
{
char buffer[20];
gets(buffer);
printf("%s",buffer);
retur
g; Michael Meskes
>Subject: Re: checker libs with debugging symbols
>
>Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Is there a reason for the checker libraries to come with debugging symbols?
>
>Yes. There is a good, even a superlatively good reason: checker is
>for
Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is there a reason for the checker libraries to come with debugging symbols?
Yes. There is a good, even a superlatively good reason: checker is
for debugging programs. It is *only* for debugging programs. Thus,
debugging symbols are in there intention
Is there a reason for the checker libraries to come with debugging symbols?
I haven't used checker yet, so I don't know. But I assume that the libraries
without debugging symbols would work.
Michael
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