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(Note): Add note about ollowing a longjmp call.
author Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>
date Sun, 06 Aug 2006 00:39:50 +0000
parents 069d7c644d29
children 23bdb18ffccf
files etc/DEBUG
diffstat 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/etc/DEBUG	Sun Aug 06 00:39:02 2006 +0000
+++ b/etc/DEBUG	Sun Aug 06 00:39:50 2006 +0000
@@ -272,6 +272,13 @@
 The above commands also exist in a version with an `x' suffix which
 takes an object of the relevant type as argument.
 
+** Following longjmp call.
+
+Recent versions of glibc (2.4+?) encrypt stored values for setjmp/longjmp which
+prevents GDB from being able to follow a longjmp call using `next'.  To
+disable this protection you need to set the environment variable
+LD_POINTER_GUARD to 0.
+
 ** Using GDB in Emacs
 
 Debugging with GDB in Emacs offers some advantages over the command line (See