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&quot;DWARF&quot; is is a debug information format. Try to add '-ggdb' to the compiler options to produce native degugging information.
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"DWARF" is is a debug information format. Try to add '-ggdb' to the compiler options to produce native degugging information.

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Err, if not, could you give some more detailed information about e.g. the OS you are using as well as the gdb version involved?
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Err, if not, could you give some more detailed information about e.g. the OS you are using as well as the gdb version involved?

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my os is solaris 8 runing on a sparc balde 100 machine. <br />
gcc 3.1 and gdb 5.0. 
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my os is solaris 8 runing on a sparc balde 100 machine.
gcc 3.1 and gdb 5.0.

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the problem was the the linker, i have got a new version of ld and now o can use gdb. <br />
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tx jkr. 
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the problem was the the linker, i have got a new version of ld and now o can use gdb.

tx jkr.

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 &nbsp;hello. <br />
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i am compiling a program with gcc 3.1 . <br />
i am trying to debug it with gdb 5.0 and i get this error : <br />
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&quot;Dwarf Error: Cannot handle DW_FORM_strp in DWARF reader&quot;<br />
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can anyone tell me what &quot;Dwarf&quot; is ? what causes this problem ? how can i solve it ? <br />
<br />
tx.<br />
hagai yaffe.
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  hello. 

i am compiling a program with gcc 3.1 . 
i am trying to debug it with gdb 5.0 and i get this error : 

"Dwarf Error: Cannot handle DW_FORM_strp in DWARF reader"

can anyone tell me what "Dwarf" is ? what causes this problem ? how can i solve it ? 

tx.
hagai yaffe.

Dwarf Error: Cannot handle DW_FORM_strp in DWARF reader

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