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copied!<p>I recently installed <strong>GCC 4.7.3</strong> and <strong>GDB 7.6</strong> on my OS X 10.7 system via MacPorts to be able to compile C++11 code. I cannot use Apple's selfmade clang++ and gdb since it doesn't allow me to debug standard template library code properly (for example, if I dereference a list iterator, the program crashes).</p> <p>Now, with the new GCC / GDB combination I have some weird problems with stepping into functions. Take this minimal example:</p> <pre><code>#include <stdio.h> class A { public: virtual void testMethod() { printf("test in A\n"); } }; void test(A &a) { printf("asdf\n"); a.testMethod(); // here, stepping works with -std=c++11 } int main() { A a; a.testMethod(); test(a); a.testMethod(); return 0; } </code></pre> <p>If I compile the code with <code>g++ -O0 -ggdb test.cpp</code>, GDB does not step into <code>A::testMethod</code> at all. I can set a breakpoint by specifying the code line inside <code>A::testMethod</code>, but not by specifying the method name (<code>b A::testMethod()</code>).</p> <p>More strangely, if I compile with <code>g++ -O0 -ggdb -std=c++11 test.cpp</code>, GDB steps into testMethod if called from <code>void test()</code>. From the main, stepping still doesn't work. However, now, I can set a breakpoint by specifying just the method name.</p> <p>Further, as soon as I start the program in GDB, I get GDB warnings, as described in related questions. These warnings appear regardless of whether I specify <code>-std=c++11</code> or not.</p> <pre><code>warning: Could not open OSO archive file "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_gcc49/libstdcxx-devel/work/build/./gcc/libgcc_eh.a" warning: Could not open OSO archive file "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_gcc49/libstdcxx-devel/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libstdc++-v3/src/../libsupc++/.libs/libsupc++convenience.a" warning: Could not open OSO archive file "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_gcc49/libstdcxx-devel/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libstdc++-v3/src/../src/c++11/.libs/libc++11convenience.a" warning: Could not open OSO archive file "/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_gcc49/libstdcxx-devel/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libstdc++-v3/src/../src/c++98/.libs/libc++98convenience.a" warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_gcc49/libstdcxx-devel/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs/compatibility-atomic-c++0x.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_gcc49/libstdcxx-devel/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs/compatibility-c++0x.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_gcc49/libstdcxx-devel/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs/compatibility-debug_list-2.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_gcc49/libstdcxx-devel/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs/compatibility-debug_list.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_gcc49/libstdcxx-devel/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs/compatibility-thread-c++0x.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_lang_gcc49/libstdcxx-devel/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libstdc++-v3/src/.libs/compatibility.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/_muldi3_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/addtf3_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/darwin-64_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/divtf3_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/emutls_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/enable-execute-stack_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/eqtf2_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/extenddftf2_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/extendsftf2_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/extendxftf2_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/fixtfdi_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/fixtfsi_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/fixtfti_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/fixunstfdi_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/fixunstfsi_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/fixunstfti_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/floatditf_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/floatsitf_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/floattitf_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/floatunditf_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/floatunsitf_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/floatuntitf_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/getf2_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/letf2_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/multf3_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/negtf2_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/subtf3_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/trunctfdf2_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/trunctfsf2_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/trunctfxf2_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/unordtf2_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/unwind-c_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/unwind-dw2-fde-darwin_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. warning: `/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_mports_dports_lang_gcc47/gcc47/work/build/x86_64-apple-darwin11/libgcc/unwind-dw2_s.o': can't open to read symbols: No such file or directory. </code></pre> <p>I am aware of the following questions: <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12430972/debugging-problems-with-macports-gcc-on-os-x?lq=1">Debugging Problems</a>, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10621461/weird-gdb-message-when-debugging-c-program/10657175">Weird GDB messages</a>, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10592521/gdb-error-message-gcc-4-7-from-macports">GDB error message</a>, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12050257/gdb-fails-on-mountain-lion">GDB fails on Mountain Lion</a>, yet they didn't help me. Specifying <code>-gdwarf-2 -gstrict-dwarf</code> does not help either.</p> <p>-EDIT- The output of <code>nm</code> is the same in both cases:</p> <pre><code>0000000100001068 s GCC_except_table0 00000001000010c0 S _NXArgc 00000001000010c8 S _NXArgv U __Unwind_Resume 0000000100000e34 T __Z4testR1A 0000000100000eae T __ZN1A10testMethodEv 00000001000010b0 S __ZTI1A 0000000100000f1d S __ZTS1A 0000000100001090 S __ZTV1A U __ZTVN10__cxxabiv117__class_type_infoE U ___gxx_personality_v0 00000001000010d8 S ___progname 0000000100000000 T __mh_execute_header 00000001000010d0 S _environ U _exit 0000000100000e61 T _main U _puts 0000000100001000 s _pvars U dyld_stub_binder 0000000100000df8 T start </code></pre> <p>Has anyone managed to get GCC 4.7 and some appropriate debugger working on OS X Lion?</p>

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