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From: Nicholas N. <nj...@cs...> - 2006-02-09 23:07:56
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On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, Julian Seward wrote: >> I have recently discovered on the SuSE 10.0 Linux Distribution that >> there are "debuginfo" packages for lots of installed packages. After >> installing it for one of the apps I have installed, the ?? in the >> stacktrace of gdb disappeared and I actually got usefuly output. I have >> looke a bit further in it, and it installed the sources and some special >> looking files. Now the question is, if its possible to get those >> external infos somehow into valgrind too? Sorry to give so few >> information about how its working, I couldnt really figure out. > > So I thought we have had the ability to read debuginfo packages for > ages (Tom H will know for sure). Maybe it got broken by recent hacking. > (if so, we should regression-test it somehow). What V version are > you using? If the debuginfo packages are not installed for the app then Valgrind can't take advantage of them... this seems like an issue with the app and its installation rather than Valgrind. Nick |