[Bug 1173562] Re: gdb resolves symbolic links for executables in argv[0]

[Joni Salonen]

Bug report from upstream shows the issue has just been fixed:
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15415

** Bug watch added: Sourceware.org Bugzilla #15415
   http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15415

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Title:
  gdb resolves symbolic links for executables in argv[0]

Status in “gdb” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Calling gdb on an executable that is a symbolic link will pass the
  target of the symbolic link rather than the specified link as argv[0]
  to the program.

  As a result, if the program relies on the contents of argv[0] (for
  example, for figuring out paths relative to the executable or making
  decisions based on the name the executable has been called under),
  debugging fails.

  This seems to be a problem newly introduced in Raring.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: gdb 7.6~20130417-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Sat Apr 27 13:22:35 2013
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-14 (560 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111011)
  MarkForUpload: True
  SourcePackage: gdb
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-05 (21 days ago)

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