problem compiling vp8 for debugging on Cygwin

I have the following versions of Cygwin, yasm, gcc, and gdb:

CYGWIN_NT-5.1 Thorondor 1.7.7(0.230/5/3) 2010-08-31 09:58 i686 Cygwin
yasm 1.1.0.2352
gcc (GCC) 3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)
GNU gdb 6.8.0.20080328-cvs (cygwin-special)

I've compiled vp8 using the following commands:

$ ./configure --enable-debug
$ make

However when I try to debug using GDB, I get the following error:

$ gdb simple_decoder.exe
GNU gdb 6.8.0.20080328-cvs (cygwin-special)
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/
gpl.html>
This is free s开发者_运维百科oftware: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show
copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-cygwin"...
Dwarf Error: bad offset (0x4c4000) in compilation unit header (offset
0x0 + 6) [in module /cygdrive/
c/work/vp8/csim/build/simple_decoder.exe]
(gdb) q

Can someone help me out with this?

Thanks,

Arjun

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Your compiler and binutils are too old. This was solved circa 2000, the fault comes from the linker (see http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-bugs/2000-06/msg00768.html)