nm -l fails on some programs, compiled by g++ or clang++ (gdb) core nm.core Core was generated by `nm'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.7...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.7 Reading symbols from /libexec/ld-elf.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /libexec/ld-elf.so.1 #0 0x000000000046009e in find_line () (gdb) bt #0 0x000000000046009e in find_line () #1 0x0000000000460d92 in _bfd_dwarf2_find_line () #2 0x000000000043857d in _bfd_elf_find_line () #3 0x0000000000403172 in print_symbol () #4 0x00000000004034a8 in display_rel_file () #5 0x0000000000403a54 in display_file () #6 0x0000000000403e77 in main () (gdb)
Cannot reproduce with BSD nm