xxgdb woes...:-(

[Seth David Schoen]

Alan DuBoff writes:

> Alan DuBoff wrote:
> > 
> > I installed xxgdb, but I get an error when I try and run it.
> > 
> > Error: Cannot perform malloc
> 
> ldd /usr/bin/X11/xxgdb
> libXaw.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/Xaw3d/libXaw.so.6 (0x40004000)
> libXmu.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6 (0x40057000)
> libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x4006b000)
> libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x400b5000)
> libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x400be000)
> libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x400d5000)
> libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x400e1000)
> libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40187000)
> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00000000) <--- ?????
> 
> Upon closer inspection I notice this oddity above. Whats up with the NULL
> address. That would be a part of binutils, I think.

ld-linux.so is the ELF dynamic linker, and is _supposed_ to have an offset
of zero.  See the man page for ldd.

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