Tenho pelo menos um exemplo em que -ggdb funcionou melhor para mim do que outra opção de depuração que estávamos usando:
amitkar@lohgad:~> cat > main.c
#include <stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
printf("Args :%d\n", argc);
for ( ;argc > 0;)
printf("%s\n", argv[--argc]);
return 0;
}
amitkar@lohgad:~> gcc -gstabs+ main.c -o main
amitkar@lohgad:~> file main
main: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.4, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped
amitkar@lohgad:~> /usr/bin/gdb ./main
GNU gdb 6.6.50.20070726-cvs
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This GDB was configured as "x86_64-suse-linux"...
Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1".
(gdb) break main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x400577: file main.c, line 5.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /home/amitkar/main
Breakpoint 1, main (argc=Cannot access memory at address 0x8000df37d57c
) at main.c:5
5 printf("Args :%d\n", argc);
(gdb) print argc
Cannot access memory at address 0x8000df37d57c
(gdb)
Nota: Isso acontece apenas em caixas x86-64 e desaparece quando compilado com -ggdb. Mas as versões mais recentes do depurador funcionam mesmo com -gstabs +