Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 01:54:36 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: marcel@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/72925: Developer's Handbook Ch. 11: replace gdb -k with kgdb Message-ID: <20050301015436.2a0d40eb@mobile.pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: <b5f122c58672fa6831162daa9ebd3261@xcllnt.net> References: <200502240449.j1O4n16n039222@freefall.freebsd.org> <421DB2BA.5020804@struchtrup.com> <b5f122c58672fa6831162daa9ebd3261@xcllnt.net>
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On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:52:19 -0800 Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> wrote: > On Feb 24, 2005, at 2:55 AM, Sebastian Schulze Struchtrup wrote: > > > A Problem in section 11.3 (Debugging a Crash Dump with DDD) still > > remains. > > `ddd -k` passes the `-k` to gdb which doesn't recognize it anymore > > (aswe are using kgdb now). > > Specifying `--debugger kgdb` will pass a `-q -fullname` to kgdb which > > kgdb doesn't recognize. > > > > Maybe it would be the simplest approach to let kgdb support this > > options for compatibility > > (maybe just ignore them) (marcel?) > > They seem useful to support. In fact the -fullname (or -f) option > is to be passed to the GDB core and not being ignored as it affects > how stack frames are displayed. This allows DDD or Emacs to extract > the file name, line number and column number. > > > Perhaps we should file a separate PR to not forget about it? > > Yes, please. I'll see if getting it in 5.4 is viable... I've added a note for < 5.3 compatibility. Should I update the part about DDD or wait? -- Tom Rhodes
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