Even for a trivial C program which I compile with gcc -g, and which runs
well, I can not access the symbol table with gdb. When I run gdb on the
executable, it complains

Dwarf Error: Cannot handle DW_FORM_strp in DWARF reader

and when I ask gdb to set a breakpoint on main (for instance), it says that
"main" was not found.

The same happens when I compile with -ggdb instead of -g!

I'm using gcc 3.2 and gdb 3.1

Ronald

Which platform are you on? What is the what string for gdb and gcc and what
is the version string for gdb
(gdb -version)?

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"Ronald Fischer" <ronaldf@eml.cc> wrote in message
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> Even for a trivial C program which I compile with gcc -g, and which runs
> well, I can not access the symbol table with gdb. When I run gdb on the
> executable, it complains
>
> Dwarf Error: Cannot handle DW_FORM_strp in DWARF reader
>
> and when I ask gdb to set a breakpoint on main (for instance), it says
that
> "main" was not found.
>
> The same happens when I compile with -ggdb instead of -g!
>
> I'm using gcc 3.2 and gdb 3.1
>
> Ronald

You must be using gnu gdb and Hp gcc on a PA-RISC machine. Did you compile
your program with the -gdwarf-2 switch? We found a similar problem listed on
the redhat forum. This link would provide more information
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-prs.../msg00082.html.


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"Ronald Fischer" <ronaldf@eml.cc> wrote in message
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> Even for a trivial C program which I compile with gcc -g, and which runs
> well, I can not access the symbol table with gdb. When I run gdb on the
> executable, it complains
>
> Dwarf Error: Cannot handle DW_FORM_strp in DWARF reader
>
> and when I ask gdb to set a breakpoint on main (for instance), it says
that
> "main" was not found.
>
> The same happens when I compile with -ggdb instead of -g!
>
> I'm using gcc 3.2 and gdb 3.1
>
> Ronald