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12.9 GDB cannot display or set static uninitialized variables

Q: Why can't I set or display the values of some static variables in my program?

A: This seems to be a limitation of the COFF debugging information currently used by GDB and its derivatives (RHGDB and the debugger built into RHIDE): they cannot display or set the value of an uninitialized static variables (those who are in the .bss section of the program). A work-around is to initialize these variables, which causes the linker to put them into the .data section. Another solution is to use the stabs debugging support; latest versions of GCC include this support, so upgrade.


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