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It's pretty irritating......next steps into libc routines

#10014
From: Steve Murphy
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 1990 16:41
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GDB3.5
sunos 4.0.3

also gdb 3.4
sunos 4.0.3
sunos3.5

code compiled with sunx' cc.


Wouldn't you get irritated? Look at this session:

(gdb) n
66		double	updateRate = 5.0;
(gdb) n
68		str = "fullrwy";
(gdb) n
70		if ((file = fopen(str, "r")) == (FILE *) NULL) {
(gdb) n
0x20128 in etext ()
(gdb) n
Current function has no line number information.
Single stepping until function exit.
0xedda09c in ?? ()
(gdb) n
Current function has no line number information.
No data available on pc function.
(gdb) n
Current function has no line number information.
No data available on pc function.
(gdb) n
Current function has no line number information.
No data available on pc function.
(gdb) n
Current function has no line number information.
No data available on pc function.
(gdb) n
Current function has no line number information.
No data available on pc function.


Why would anyone like to single step thru library routines?
This really is a bad feature.

gdb is nice to code compiled with gcc tho. But, hey...

murf
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From: murf@dingus.sps.mot.com (Steve Murphy)
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Subject: It's pretty irritating......next steps into libc routines
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Date: 11 Oct 90 16:41:59 GMT
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