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Diffstat (limited to 'config/debug/gdb.in.native')
| -rw-r--r-- | config/debug/gdb.in.native | 17 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/config/debug/gdb.in.native b/config/debug/gdb.in.native index 915debd..8684c05 100644 --- a/config/debug/gdb.in.native +++ b/config/debug/gdb.in.native @@ -15,9 +15,24 @@ if GDB_NATIVE config GDB_NATIVE_STATIC bool prompt "Build a static native gdb" - depends on CONFIGURE_has_static_link + depends on EXPERIMENTAL help In case you have trouble with dynamic loading of shared libraries, you will find that a static gdb comes in handy. + However, it has been noticed at least on x86 that enabling this + option produces an invalid gdb binary. It is linked with + "-static -Wl,--dynamic-list=..." which + # (a) requests invalid program interpreter + # (b) crashes glibc/uClibc-ng and does not work with musl + # See https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-03/msg00267.html + + It is possible it would work with other architectures, hence it is + not completely removed. Use with care and report to the mailing list + if the resulting gdbserver works. + + For further details, see: + https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19617 + https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21086 + endif # GDB_NATIVE |