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   Borax Man to Tavis Ormandy   
   Re: Debugger problems   
   03 Dec 23 09:30:25   
   
   From: rotflol2@nospicedham.hotmail.com   
      
   On 2023-12-02, Tavis Ormandy  wrote:   
   > On 2023-12-02, Borax Man wrote:   
   >> NASM can generate debugging information which I believe will generate   
   >> line info.  Pass '-F dwarf' option to nasm if under Linux, and you should   
   see each   
   >> line of source in the debugger.   
   >   
   > You're thinking of line markers I think (like %line 123), but I think   
   > Martijn wants the assembler to do that automatically so that b   
   > foo.asm:123 works, like it does in gas.   
   >   
   > As far as I know nasm won't do that?   
   >   
      
   I did a test using nasm with the '-F dwarf' and '-g' parameters, and I   
   was able to add breakpoints in GDB specifying the line using the   
   syntax you mentioned.   
      
   I didn't mention "-g" before, oops.   
      
   >>   
   >> P.S., I assume you're the same Tavis who is known for your FVWM   
   >> config?   
   >>   
   >   
   > Hah, yes, that was me :)   
   >   
   > Tavis.   
   >   
      
   Cool.  Avid and longtime FVWM user here.   
      
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