erlang and gdb

[Per Gustafsson]

I had to make sure that the directory containing inet_gethost 
(otp/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu/) was in my path in order to run gdb. In 
addition to this I write

export ROOTDIR=SuitablePath/otp/
export BINDIR=$ROOTDIR/bin/i686-pc-linux-gnu/
gdb $BINDIR/beam

and in gdb

run -- -root $ROOTDIR

of course the i686-pc-linux-gnu part depends on what machine you are using.

Per 

Bjorn Gustavsson wrote:

>To update the script, you can run
>
>   erl -emu_args
>
>to find out which arguments that are normally passed to 'beam'.
>
>You'll also need to set some environment variable, for instance
>BINDIR. You can look in the 'erl' script to see how they should
>be set.
>
>But if you have a core-file, you just run gdb like this:
>
>gdb <Root of installation>/erts-5.4.9/bin/beam core
>
>/Bjorn
>
>Claes Wikstom <klacke@REDACTED> writes:
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>>I'm getting a SIGSEGV when I start R10B-7 on one of machines.
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>>What's the preferred way to run the emulator under gdb these days?
>>I used to use a script that was initially crafted by Tony I think
>>but it's rotted over the years ...
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>>/klacke
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