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diff --git a/doc/debugging_with_gdb.html b/doc/debugging_with_gdb.html index f3b4e37a2..3899ac92d 100644 --- a/doc/debugging_with_gdb.html +++ b/doc/debugging_with_gdb.html @@ -179,7 +179,15 @@ from it.</li> <code>"fmt.Print"</code> as an unstructured literal with a <code>"."</code> that needs to be quoted. It objects even more strongly to method names of the form <code>pkg.(*MyType).Meth</code>. -<li>All global variables are lumped into package <code>"main"</code>.</li> +<li>As of Go 1.11, debug information is compressed by default. +Older versions of gdb, such as the one available by default on MacOS, +do not understand the compression. +You can generate uncompressed debug information by using <code>go +build -ldflags=-compressdwarf=false</code>. +(For convenience you can put the <code>-ldflags</code> option in +the <a href="/cmd/go/#hdr-Environment_variables"><code>GOFLAGS</code> +environment variable</a> so that you don't have to specify it each time.) +</li> </ol> <h2 id="Tutorial">Tutorial</h2> @@ -248,7 +256,7 @@ Use the <code>"l"</code> or <code>"list"</code> command to inspect source code. </pre> <p> -List a specific part of the source parametrizing <code>"list"</code> with a +List a specific part of the source parameterizing <code>"list"</code> with a function name (it must be qualified with its package name). </p> |