Ubuntu
binutils package

objdump does not follow .gnu_debuglink to show function names when disassembling file

Bug #819466 reported by Martin Pohlack
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Bug Description

When disassembling a file using objdump

  objdump -d /usr/bin/xterm

the symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/xterm are not used, instead the whole text segment is shown as one big blob (.text) without boundaries at function level.

Debug symbols are installed via xterm-dbgsym package.

gdb is able to find the symbols and uses them successfully.

This happens on maverick and natty.

apt-cache policy binutils
binutils:
  Installed: 2.20.51.20100908-0ubuntu2

Matthias Klose (doko)
Changed in binutils (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Triaged
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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

this is finally fixed in 17.04

Changed in binutils (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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