An introduction to debug events: Learn how to use breakpoints

In previous articles on Red Hat Developer, I introduced you to the GNU Debugger (GDB) and explained what every developer should know about debuginfo. This article begins a series that will cover the expansive topic of debug events—that is, all the events to which GDB can respond. These include signals, breakpoints, watchpoints, syscalls, exceptions, and more. I'll be covering the commands and convenience variables and functions that will aid you in your endeavors to stop GDB at the right place a...