Hi, Helvetix Victorinox <helvetix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Once the linking part has been done by app/gimp-1.3, I just run > > gdb app/.libs/gimp-1.3 Although this works, it is a little hackish and it will link gimp-1.3 against the installed libraries which might differ from the versions in your source tree. The correct way to do this is to use libtool: libtool gdb app/gimp-1.3 For other executables like for example valgrind you might have to tell libtool that you want it to behave in 'exec' operation mode: libtool --mode=exec valgrind app/gimp-1.3 Sven