Why can't gdb find the address of a stack variable

Question

I am getting the following from gdb:

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Below is the source of the program and the tutorial it came from. BAsed on what is going on in the tutorial, I should not be getting an error.

int main()
{
    int a = 5;
    int b = a + 6;
    return b;
}

ekse · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-14 20:00:45Z

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You need debugging symbols for the variable names to be defined in GDB. Did you compile with the -g switch?

answered Jul 14, 2014 at 20:00

ekse

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Yes, and after compiling it again it worked fine.
– user8058
Jul 14, 2014 at 20:13
You mean the debugging or the program worked? If the debugging is working as you wanted please mark this question as solved.
– ekse
Jul 15, 2014 at 0:12

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