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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