307506 - Document LD_DEBUG and cross-ref w/ dependency walker

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Developer Documentation Graveyard :: Mozilla Platform, defect)

Description

[timeless]

Comment 1

[Dan Mosedale (:dmosedale, :dmose)]

Occasionally it's handy while debugging to figure out exactly which shared object a specific symbol is being resolved from.   On Linux, LD_DEBUG is the facility for this, and on Windows, there's a utility called Dependency Walker that can be used.     I believe the intent here is that this stuff should be written down somewhere so that developers who need this ability know where to look.

Comment 2

[John Karahalis [:openjck]]

Automatically closing all bugs that have not been updated in a while. Please reopen if this is still important to you and has not yet been corrected.

Comment 3

[John Karahalis [:openjck]]

Reopening for review by Sheppy.

Comment 4

[Eric Shepherd [:sheppy]]

(In reply to Dan Mosedale (:dmose) from comment #1)
> Occasionally it's handy while debugging to figure out exactly which shared
> object a specific symbol is being resolved from.   On Linux, LD_DEBUG is the
> facility for this, and on Windows, there's a utility called Dependency
> Walker that can be used.     I believe the intent here is that this stuff
> should be written down somewhere so that developers who need this ability
> know where to look.

Any chance you can jot down some notes on this to use as a basis for a doc? Or is this even still relevant?

Comment 5

[Florian Scholz (Open Web Docs)]

> Any chance you can jot down some notes on this to use as a basis for a doc?
> Or is this even still relevant?

That being said two years ago, I think the answer is no.