[mythtv-users] Howto for using of Backtraces...

[Robin Gilks]

> i know that gdb generate backtraces...
> and i know how this works.
>
> i want to know how i use the information in the backtraces...

Build from source with debug enabled so that the executables have symbols,
run with gdb and any backtrace will have source code references. Use a gui
wrapper such as ddd and you can jump directly to the code source (assuming
it is accessable from the debug environment).

Note that a backtrace only tells you how you got to where you are, not why!!

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Robin Gilks