Conditions under which stepping into shared library should work in gdb?

Question

There are many questions related to specific errors why stepping into a shared library with gdb isn\'t working. None of them provide a systematic answer on how to confirm wh

Answer 1

Some more tests you can do on built shared library:

1. file libmyshared-ggdb.so should report that library has debug info and not stripped.
2. nm libmyshared-ggdb.so | grep print_from_lib should find the symbol for print_from_lib function.

If all above tests passed try to load the library directly in gdb and find the function:

gdb libmyshared-ggdb.so
(gdb) info functions print_from_lib

Function print_from_lib name should be printed. If not, something is wrong with gdb or gcc.