shared library symbols not loaded automatically

On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 08:12:56PM +0530, Kunal Parmar
wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> I am not clear how setting solib-absolute-prefix will
solve this problem.
> The manual says that it is used as a prefix for
searching the libraries 
> at runtime.
> When I use the command sharedlibrary at the gdb prompt,
the libraries 
> are correctly loaded.
> Doesn't this mean that I do not need to set the
solib-absolute-prefix??

Not if they're the wrong libraries.

You may be loading literally "/lib/libc.so.6" on
your host - an
i386 library.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery

Hi,
No it is the correct libc. Debugging works normally after
the libraries 
are loaded.

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2006 at 08:12:56PM +0530, Kunal Parmar
wrote:
>   
>> Hi Daniel,
>> I am not clear how setting solib-absolute-prefix
will solve this problem.
>> The manual says that it is used as a prefix for
searching the libraries 
>> at runtime.
>> When I use the command sharedlibrary at the gdb
prompt, the libraries 
>> are correctly loaded.
>> Doesn't this mean that I do not need to set the
solib-absolute-prefix??
>>     
>
> Not if they're the wrong libraries.
>
> You may be loading literally
"/lib/libc.so.6" on your host - an
> i386 library.
>
>   

-- 
Kunal Parmar
Software Developer
Codito Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (http://www.codito.com)