If you are debuggining any C program or any binary file, and faced similar error message below:
Temporary breakpoint 1, 0x08048427 in main () Missing separate debuginfos,
To resolve this issue, we need to install the missing glibc package corresponding to installed debuginfo.
Issue Details
[root@nglinux ~]# gdb /bin/deleteperm GNU gdb (GDB) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (7.2-92.el6) Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying" and "show warranty" for details. This GDB was configured as "i686-redhat-linux-gnu". For bug reporting instructions, please see: ... Reading symbols from /bin/deleteperm...(no debugging symbols found)...done. (gdb) start Temporary breakpoint 1 at 0x8048427 Starting program: /bin/deleteperm Temporary breakpoint 1, 0x08048427 in main () Missing separate debuginfos, use: debuginfo-install glibc-2.12-1.209.el6.i686 (gdb)
Solution
[root@nglinux ~]# debuginfo-install glibc-2.12-1.209.el6.i686 Failed to set locale, defaulting to C Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit enabling epel-debuginfo Determining fastest mirrors epel/metalink | 17 kB 00:00 epel-debuginfo/metalink | 16 kB 00:00 * base: ewr.edge.kernel.org * epel: sjc.edge.kernel.org * epel-debuginfo: sjc.edge.kernel.org * extras: mirrors.tripadvisor.com * updates: sjc.edge.kernel.org base | 3.7 kB 00:00 base-debuginfo | 2.5 kB 00:00 base-debuginfo/primary_db | 1.8 MB 00:02 epel | 3.2 kB 00:00 epel/primary | 2.9 MB 00:02 epel 10196/10196 epel-debuginfo | 1.5 kB 00:00 epel-debuginfo/primary | 404 kB 00:00 epel-debuginfo 2238/2238 extras | 3.3 kB 00:00 updates | 3.4 kB 00:00 updates/primary_db | 646 kB 00:01 --> Running transaction check ---> Package glibc-debuginfo.i686 0:2.12-1.209.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: glibc-debuginfo-common = 2.12-1.209.el6 for package: glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.209.el6.i686 ---> Package nss-softokn-debuginfo.i686 0:3.14.3-23.3.el6_8 will be installed ---> Package yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info.noarch 0:1.1.30-41.el6 will be installed --> Running transaction check ---> Package glibc-debuginfo-common.i686 0:2.12-1.209.el6 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ========================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ========================================================================================================================================================== Installing: glibc-debuginfo i686 2.12-1.209.el6 base-debuginfo 10 M nss-softokn-debuginfo i686 3.14.3-23.3.el6_8 base-debuginfo 1.6 M yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info noarch 1.1.30-41.el6 base 27 k Installing for dependencies: glibc-debuginfo-common i686 2.12-1.209.el6 base-debuginfo 7.6 M Transaction Summary ========================================================================================================================================================== Install 4 Package(s) Total download size: 19 M Installed size: 95 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/4): glibc-debuginfo-2.12-1.209.el6.i686.rpm | 10 MB 00:07 (2/4): glibc-debuginfo-common-2.12-1.209.el6.i686.rpm | 7.6 MB 00:07 (3/4): nss-softokn-debuginfo-3.14.3-23.3.el6_8.i686.rpm | 1.6 MB 00:03 (4/4): yum-plugin-auto-update-debug-info-1.1.30-41.el6.noarch.rpm | 27 kB 00:00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 819 kB/s | 19 MB 00:24 Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction
Now it will work.