How to build debuggable executable on Solaris?

[Erik Max Francis]

Skip Montanaro wrote:

> When I try to debug it with gdb I get
> 
>     GNU gdb 5.0
	...
>     (no debugging symbols found)...

Hmm.  Try building with -ggdb.

> Dbx seems okay with the executable (it doesn't warn about not finding
> any
> debug symbols), but "stop main" doesn't work as I remembered from ages
> ago:
> 
	...
>     (dbx) stop main
>     dbx: anachronism: Use 'stop change <variable>' or 'stop cond
> <bool-expr>'.
>     Event specifications without keywords will not be accepted in
> future releases
>     dbx: 'main' is a function or procedure, expected variable

This response should have been a strong hint that you were remembering
the wrong command.  Try `break main' instead.

max at cesium:~% gdb
GNU gdb 5.0
	...
This GDB was configured as "sparc-sun-solaris2.8".
(gdb) quit
max at cesium:~% gdb =python
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This GDB was configured as "sparc-sun-solaris2.8"...
(gdb) break main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x1a6b8: file Modules/python.c, line 10.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/local/bin/python 
[New LWP 1]
[New LWP 2]
[New LWP 3]

Breakpoint 1, main (argc=1, argv=0xffbef934) at Modules/python.c:10
10      Modules/python.c: No such file or directory.

It's working, obviously, even though gdb doesn't know where to find the
Python source (which I don't have handy anywhere on this machine).

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