How to use gdb with LD_PRELOAD

Question

I run a program with LD_PRELOADing a specific library. Like this.

LD_PRELOAD=./my.so ./my_program

How do I run this program with gdb<

Answer 1

You can supply env as an exec-wrapper on the command line using the -iex flag:

gdb -iex "set exec-wrapper env LD_PRELOAD=./my.so" ./my_program