Shell GDB - Dwarf Error

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My first steps with GDB are not being very fruitful...
Bash: 
root@FreeBSD:~/projects/kwboot # gdb kwboot

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This GDB was configured as "i386-marcel-freebsd"...Dwarf Error: wrong version in compilation unit header (is 4, should be 2) [in module /root/projects/kwboot/kwboot]

(gdb) start
Undefined command: "start".  Try "help".
(gdb) step
The program is not being run.
(gdb) quit

Anyone know what this Dwarf Error is?

I'm using the built-in version of gdb. Should I use one from ports/pkgs?
 
It seems like I'm using the built in version of GDB which apparently should not be used...

Having installed the gdb pkg, how do I make sure I get the pkg version when I just run gdb from the command line?
 
Use the full path!?
/usr/local/bin/gdb --version
Code: 
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License GPLv3+: ...
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I just wanted to run gdb from within emacs - not sure what sort of tie up there is between them...

Eventually decided, and I know it's not ideal, to create a shell script called gdb which invokes /usr/local/bin/gdb and stick it in /sbin.
 
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