"not stripped" but "no debug symbols"
c, debugging, gdb
Solution
You typically have to compile in debug mode (`-g` is the GCC command-line option) to include the debug symbols, it's not as if they're always there until stripped out. The default is to build in non-debug mode, without the symbols.
Problem
Can you explain the different results: ``` $ file libc-2.8.so libc-2.8.so: ELF 32-bit MSB shared object, PowerPC or cisco 4500, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.10, with unknown capability 0x41000000 = 0x13676e75, with unknown capability 0x10000 = 0xb0401, not stripped ``` Notice the "not stripped" at the end. and ``` (gdb) file libc-2.8.so Reading symbols from /opt/Cross_Tools/powerpc-linux-gnu/powerpc-linux-gnu/libc/lib/libc-2.8.so...(no debugging symbols found)...done. ``` Notice the "(no debugging symbols found)"