Documentation: add debugging doc
Layout the base for tips on debugging util-linux programs/wrappers. [kerolasa@iki.fi: - rename file README.debug -> howto-debug.txt - wrap over 80 chars wide lines - change example commands to be relative to util-linux root - indent command examples ] Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@gnu.org> Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
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Debugging util-linux programs
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=============================
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How to deal libtool
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-------------------
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There are considerations to be made when profiling or debugging some programs
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found in the util-linux package. Because wrapper scripts are used for the
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binaries to make sure all library dependencies are met, you cannot use tools
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such as gdb or valgrind directly with them.
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Let's take for example the mount command:
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$> cd /path/to/util-linux
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$> file mount/mount
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mount/mount: Bourne-Again shell script text executable
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The binary itself is located in the mount/.libs/ directory:
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$> file mount/.libs/mount
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mount/.libs/mount: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 \
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(SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs) [...]
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When this command is run, there's a library dependency error:
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$> mount/.libs/mount
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mount/.libs/mount: /lib/libblkid.so.1: version `BLKID_2.20' not found \
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(required by mount/.libs/mount)
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To overcome this we need set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable to read the path of
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the shared lib found in the sources, and not system-wide:
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$> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/libblkid/src/.libs/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
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Now external debugging tools can be run on the binary.
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Happy hacking!
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Davidlohr Bueso, August 2011
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