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Diffstat (limited to 'config/debug/gdb.in.gdbserver')
| -rw-r--r-- | config/debug/gdb.in.gdbserver | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/config/debug/gdb.in.gdbserver b/config/debug/gdb.in.gdbserver index 2f5576b6..07e6e139 100644 --- a/config/debug/gdb.in.gdbserver +++ b/config/debug/gdb.in.gdbserver @@ -15,15 +15,30 @@ config GDB_GDBSERVER_HAS_IPA_LIB depends on GDB_7_2_or_later default y +# gdbserver is then linked with "-static -Wl,--dynamic-list=..." which config GDB_GDBSERVER_STATIC bool prompt "Build a static gdbserver" - depends on CONFIGURE_has_static_link - default y + depends on EXPERIMENTAL help In case you have trouble with dynamic loading of shared libraries, you will find that a static gdbserver comes in handy. + However, it has been noticed at least on x86 that enabling this + option produces an invalid gdbserver binary. It is linked with + "-static -Wl,--dynamic-list=..." which + # (a) requests invalid program interpreter + # (b) crashes glibc/uClibc-ng and does not work with musl + # See https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2017-03/msg00267.html + + It is possible it would work with other architectures, hence it is + not completely removed. Use with care and report to the mailing list + if the resulting gdbserver works. + + For further details, see: + https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19617 + https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21086 + config GDB_GDBSERVER_BUILD_IPA_LIB bool prompt "Build the IPA library" |