From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To: Coywolf Qi Hunt <coywolf@gmail.com>
Cc: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>,
Git Mailing List <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: git binary size...
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 10:12:38 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0601121011370.3535@g5.osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2cd57c900601120215pdb5da27l@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006, Coywolf Qi Hunt wrote:
> >
> > With stripped binaries, you can't really do _anything_. You get a
> > core-file, and you're screwed.
>
> Are you sure?
I'm sure.
> In gdb:
>
> No symbol table is loaded. Use the "file" command.
> (gdb) bt
> #0 0xb7f16445 in ext2fs_mark_generic_bitmap () from /lib/libext2fs.so.2
Note where the debug info comes from. It comes from the _library_.
> So with stripped binary, I still get the backtrace to locate the buggy
> function.
No you don't. With the _non-stripped_ library you get the backtrace.
There's no backtrace at all for the binary itself.
Linus
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-12 18:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-11 18:26 git binary size Linus Torvalds
2006-01-11 19:14 ` Andreas Ericsson
2006-01-11 19:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-01-11 19:54 ` Andreas Ericsson
2006-01-11 19:56 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-01-11 20:00 ` Andreas Ericsson
2006-01-11 19:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2006-01-11 19:44 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-11 19:58 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-01-12 10:15 ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2006-01-12 13:49 ` Andreas Ericsson
2006-01-12 17:37 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-01-12 18:13 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-12 18:32 ` Johannes Schindelin
2006-01-12 18:46 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-12 19:16 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-01-20 18:00 ` Jon Loeliger
2006-01-12 18:12 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
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