Question

I have lots and lots of C preprocessor #define statements, which make my C programming much easier. However, when debugging with GDB, the preprocessor “labels” are not accounted for in the symbols list.

Is there are way to have GDB recognise the #defined labels?

Answer 1

You can try compiling with g3, as described here.

gcc -gdwarf-2 -g3

We pass the -gdwarf-2 and -g3 flags to ensure the compiler includes
information about preprocessor macros in the debugging information.

Or you can try -ggdb.