Prevent PLT (procedure linkage table) breakpoints in GDB

Question

In recent versions of GDB, setting a breakpoint on a library function call results in multiple actual breakpoints:

1. Call into the procedure linkage table (PLT)

Answer 1

I think I found a solution for this problem. You can use the

break *address

syntax of break, but instead of specifying a hex address, you give the name of the function (which evaluates to the function's address). Something like

break *myfunction

That sets a breakpoint only on the main function, and not any of the PLT versions.