On 2023-04-25 08:38, Maxim Cournoyer wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > Josselin Poiret via Bug reports for GNU Guix writes: > >> Hi Andrew, >> >> Andrew Tropin writes: >> >>> I try to run emacs in gdb with debug symbols for some libs available, I >>> succeed with gtk+, but it doesn't work for glib and glibc. It looks >>> strange to me, but maybe I am doing something wrong. >>> >>> Reproducer: >>> >>> guix shell gdb emacs-next-pgtk glibc:debug gtk+:debug glib:debug \ >>> --with-debug-info=glibc --with-debug-info=glib --with-debug-info=gtk+ \ >>> --no-grafts -- gdb .emacs-30.0.50-real >> >> At least for glibc, the glibc that is linked against is the one in (gnu >> packages commencement), which is hidden from the user. The one in (gnu >> packages base), which you can refer to with "glibc" is different. You >> can try to find the proper debug output by looking at `guix size` of >> your store path, then finding out the deriver for glibc with `guix gc >> --derivers` and finally looking at the .drv to find out what the debug >> output should be. >> >> For glib, it might be similar, make sure that you're using exactly the >> right store path for it. > > Perhaps try on the core-updates branch, where glibc no longer has its > symbols stripped. Another thing that can cause the debug symbols to not > be found is grafts, as described in #48907, so when debugging I'd > recommend using --no-grafts for now. Thank you for the tips. For future readers: the core-updates merged, it should be fixed, however, I didn't check if it works now. Closing the issue, but feel free to reopen. -- Best regards, Andrew Tropin