[Bug] FileNotFoundError: Missing file file #911
Description
GEF+GDB version
GEF version: latest
GDB version: GNU gdb (Ubuntu 12.1-0ubuntu1~22.04) 12.1Operating System
ubuntu20.04_x86_64(docker on mac m1)
Describe the issue you encountered
root@f30a4d73922f:/home/pwn# gdb
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/root/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 10878, in <module>
reset()
File "/root/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 190, in reset
gef.setup()
File "/root/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 10809, in setup
self.reinitialize_managers()
File "/root/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 10804, in reinitialize_managers
self.session = GefSessionManager()
File "/root/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 10454, in __init__
self.constants[constant] = which(constant)
File "/root/.gdbinit-gef.py", line 1810, in which
raise FileNotFoundError(f"Missing file `{program}`")
FileNotFoundError: Missing file `file`
When I start gdb, gef cannot load properly. I tried peda, it works. But the error message of gef makes me puzzle. What is the meaning of missing file? Which file?
Thx.
Do you read the docs and look at previously closed issues/PRs for similar cases?
Yes
Architecture impacted
- X86
- X64
- ARM
- ARM64
- MIPS
- MIPS64
- PPC
- PPC64
- RISCV
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Provide a step-by-step to reproduce your issue.
I clone repo gef, and echo "source /home/pwn/gef/gef.py" >> ~/.gdbinit.
Then I start gdb and get that error message.
Minimalist test case
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// compile with gcc -fPIE -pic -o my_issue.out my_issue.c
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