#730630 Line number 16 out of range; d2.c has 11 lines.

Package:
gdb
Source:
gdb
Description:
GNU Debugger
Submitter:
Mathieu Malaterre
Date:
2025-07-28 02:13:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#730630#5
Date:
2013-11-27 13:24:15 UTC
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To:
gdb/gcc does not like \r in C comment and get lost counting lines. See
attached C code.

Steps:

$ gcc -o demo -g d2.c
$ gdb ./demo
[...]
Reading symbols from /tmp/demo...done.
(gdb) b main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x4004c7: file d2.c, line 16.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /tmp/./demo
warning: Could not load shared library symbols for linux-vdso.so.1.
Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"?

Breakpoint 1, main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe8d8) at d2.c:16
(gdb) list
Line number 16 out of range; d2.c has 11 lines.
#730630#10
Date:
2014-05-08 12:30:02 UTC
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To:
I am unable to reproduce with upcoming 7.7-1 package.
Please verify again once it hits proper Debian.
#730630#15
Date:
2015-01-16 15:04:10 UTC
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Still present in jessie:

$ wget "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?msg=5;filename=d2.c;att=1;bug=730630"
$ gcc -o demo -g d2.c
$ gdb ./demo
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Reading symbols from ./demo...done.
(gdb) b main
Breakpoint 1 at 0x4004d0: file d2.c, line 16.
(gdb) r
Starting program: /tmp/demo

Breakpoint 1, main (argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffe918) at d2.c:16
(gdb) list
Line number 16 out of range; d2.c has 11 lines.
(gdb) quit
A debugging session is active.

Inferior 1 [process 30379] will be killed.

Quit anyway? (y or n) y

with:

$ apt-cache policy gdb
gdb:
  Installed: 7.7.1+dfsg-5
  Candidate: 7.7.1+dfsg-5
  Version table:
 *** 7.7.1+dfsg-5 0
        500 http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ jessie/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
#730630#22
Date:
2025-07-28 02:01:53 UTC
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To:
Control: reassign -1 gcc-14

GDB's output nowadays is better: