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To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
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Subject: Re: kgdb.. 
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From: David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM>
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 14:13:53 -0800
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>As garyj@frt.dec.com wrote:
>> 
>> I've wondered myself why it's still in the tree. Seems to me that
>> `gdb -k' works pretty well. Or does someone know of a reason NOT
>> to eliminate kgdb ?
>
>I'm using gdb -k all days.  I've been one of those guys who have been
>in favour of the old kgdb...
>
>Well, i've just checked, Gary: kgdb is no longer in the regular tree:

   Yes, I'm a kgdb person, too. The standard gdb doesn't have the powerful
scripting/macro mechanism that kgdb had. For one thing, it lacks the looping
constructs which I found _very_ important.

-DG

David Greenman
Core Team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project