gdb error

[malay boy]

Hi,
I got this error using gdb :

bash$ gdb cah
GNU gdb 5.3
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GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
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There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "hppa2.0w-hp-hpux11.00"..."/tmp_mnt/honshu_cse/bscs800_tcl03/develop/bscs800/tcl03/batch/src/mp/cah.f241759/cah": not in executable format: File format not recognized

The funny this cah is an executable.

regards
mB

[H.Merijn Brand (procura · Accepted solution]

Executable, but maybe not in a gdb recognizable format. What does

# file cah

return? and

# file `which gdb`

FYI for debugging a 64bit application, you need a 64bit gdb

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

[malay boy]

Hi Merijin,
Here teh output :
$ file pth
pth: ELF-64 executable object file - PA-RISC 2.0 (LP64)

$ file `which gdb`
/usr/local/bin/gdb: PA-RISC1.1 shared executable dynamically linked -not stripped

is this mean I need to download new gdb?.

regards
mB

[H.Merijn Brand (procura]

Correct. This gdb is for 32bit binaries only.
Get yourself a 64bit gdb, but do not overwrite the old one, which you still have to use for 32bit applications

64bit gdb is, next to the regular places, also available on my ITRC site:

Singapore https://www.beepz.com/personal/merijn/
Rotterdam http://www.cmve.net/~merijn/
Seattle http://ww.hpux.ws/merijn/

Enjoy, have FUN! H.Merijn

[malay boy]

Thanks merijin.Problem solved.By the way,you gdb link in your website is not working.I download from http://hpux.connect.org.uk/.

regards
mB