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diff --git a/libbacktrace/README b/libbacktrace/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e8b225745c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/libbacktrace/README @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +The libbacktrace library +Initially written by Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> + +The libbacktrace library may be linked into a program or library and +used to produce symbolic backtraces. Sample uses would be to print a +detailed backtrace when an error occurs or to gather detailed +profiling information. + +The libbacktrace library is provided under a BSD license. See the +source files for the exact license text. + +The public functions are declared and documented in the header file +backtrace.h, which should be #include'd by a user of the library. + +Building libbacktrace will generate a file backtrace-supported.h, +which a user of the library may use to determine whether backtraces +will work. See the source file backtrace-supported.h.in for the +macros that it defines. + +As of September 2012, libbacktrace only supports ELF executables with +DWARF debugging information. The library is written to make it +straightforward to add support for other object file and debugging +formats. |
