call frame address in debug build and normal build

Hi all


I hope you will understand what I mean. I use GNU gcc and gdb. If you
have the address in a release program, where (for example) a
segmentation fault happened. Do you have a chance to find out the
corresponding source line?


If the appropriate flags are set the compiler will insert debug info
into a build. If you have a debug build of a program the answer of
the question above is trivial.


The compiler should be able to generate something like a map file to
resolve addresses to source lines even for release builds.


Can anyone help me if there a tools to get such a relation file for
gcc compiled programs?


thx
Irgei
[The usual technique is to build the program with all the symbols,
make a copy, strip it, and ship it, but keep the original for
crash debugging. -John]

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