gdb throws an error "Cannot find new threads: generic error" when debugging an application that dynamically loads a multithreaded library

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Issue

  • gdb throws the following error

    Cannot find new threads: generic errorwhen debugging an application that dynamically loads a multithreaded library

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • gdb
  • prelink

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