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Date:	Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:31:05 +0200
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Subject:	Re: Question about traceback with no debug info
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> > > Having the source code used to compile a software with no debugging
> > > information in the executable, is it possible to know the position in
> > > source where a SIGSEGV signal is raised, only using the call frame
> > > traceback ? If yes... how ?
> >
> > Yes, but you will have to compile the source code with symbolic
> > debugging (-g). Then you can run symify giving the image with symbols
> > as an argument even if the stripped image was run when the SIGSEGV
> > happened.
> 
> It doesn't work correctly ! I've tryed to crash the same software
> linked with and without stripping flag, then calling symify with the
> not stripped executable filename, I got different results and
> obviously the correct is the one linked without -s flag !

Compile and link with symbols, copy to another file, then use the 
STRIP utility to get rid of the symbols.
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