[LLVMdev] My LLVM program crashes gdb

[Jeffrey Yasskin]

You can print the dwarf using readelf -w or objdump -W, but
understanding the output is beyond my ability.
http://dwarfstd.org/Debugging%20using%20DWARF.pdf may describe it well
enough for you to debug it.

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Talin <viridia at gmail.com> wrote:
> One of my unit tests has been failing recently, and the odd thing is that
> when I attempt to debug it in gdb, it causes a segfault:
>
> $ gdb test/stdlib/HashMapTest
> GNU gdb (GDB) 7.0-ubuntu
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> This GDB was configured as "x86_64-linux-gnu".
> For bug reporting instructions, please see:
> <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...
> Reading symbols from
> /home/talin/Projects/tart/build-eclipse/test/stdlib/HashMapTest...done.
> (gdb) break main
> Segmentation fault
>
> I'm not sure whether this is LLVM's fault or mine - and I'm not sure how to
> go about finding out. I'm guessing something is wrong with the DWARF
> debugging info.
> --
> -- Talin
>
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