Re: [ptxdist] [PATCH] Enable "strip" install option handling for libraries

[Juergen Borleis <jbe@pengutronix.de>]

Hi Albert,

On Wednesday 22 July 2015 10:31:45 Albert Antony wrote:
> I am aware of the root-debug option, and indeed that is what we use
> for in-house debugging. But we would like to be able to debug a target
> that is out in the field, with only ssh access available to it. Having
> an unstripped version of the application of interest makes the
> debugging a lot easier in this case.

Hmm, PTXdist is a tool which supports exactly this use case. You still can 
debug your target remotely even if it is already in the field.

But you rely on the root filesystem content in the target in the field is 
exactly the one which PTXdist has created (and can re-create on demand at any 
point of time).

Then you can run the 'gdbserver' on your target in the field, start your 
debugger locally and point it to the local "root-debug" directory. That's all. 
Everything runs on your target in the field, but the debugger still finds all 
relevant debug info locally on your host. There is no need for debug infos at 
the target side.

Regards,
Juergen

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