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List:       hpux-devtools
Subject:    Re:  HPUX-DEVTOOLS: Can GDB start debugging in the code before the execution of main( )?
From:       Dennis Handly <dhandly () cup ! hp ! com>
Date:       2002-08-28 0:38:14
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>If DDE had a program without '-g' information it used to start the program
>off in $START$. Is there any way to get GDB/WDB to do this?

I don't think any debugger stopped in $START$.  They either went to main
or never stopped anywhere.  Hmm, I guess dde wanted to start the process
and that is the first instruction.

What are you really trying to do?

>(gdb) b '$START$'
>This wont stop it.
Andy.

This seems a bug.  This used to work even in xdb.  Please contact the
Response Center and file a bug report.

You can set a breakpoint in _start.
If you have shared libs, you might try "catch load".
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