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I may have found a bug in Cygwin, how can I debug it (the symbols in gdb look funny)?

April 26, 2017bug Cygwin debug funny gdb look Symbols

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I may have found a bug in Cygwin, how can I debug it (the symbols in gdb look funny)?

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Debugging symbols are stripped from distibuted Cygwin binaries, so any symbols that you see in gdb are basically meaningless. It is also a good idea to use the latest code in case the bug has been fixed, so we recommend trying the latest snapshot from http://cygwin.com/snapshots/ or building the DLL from CVS. To build a debugging version of the Cygwin DLL, you will need to follow the instructions at http://cygwin.com/faq/faq-nochunks.html#faq.programming.building-cygwin. You can also contact the mailing list for pointers (a simple test case that demonstrates the bug is always welcome).