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Re: Manx db questions and Guru

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From: spl
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1988 02:16
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In article <0/DB questions and the Guru> from jojo@astroatc:

>    I'm trying to debug a program with the symbolic debugger db that
>comes with the Manx package and am having troubles.
>
>    I'd like to load the symbols for the program I am debugging but am
>not sure how.  I believe they are supposed to be with the executable,
>but I can't find any options for either the compiler or the linker which
>pertain to placing them there for anything other than the source-level
>debugger (which unfortunately I don't have).

The option -W of the linker includes Wackable symbol table information
in the executable module. When db is in debug mode the module symbol table
commands (such as dc) should then work properly.

                                       Shawn P. Legrand

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