Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 11:56:40 -0800 (PST) From: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> To: Assar Westerlund <assar@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Aled Morris <aledm@qix.co.uk>, Jack Rusher <jar@integratus.com>, "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>, Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why not another style thread? (was Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen .. Message-ID: <200012201956.eBKJueT69666@earth.backplane.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012201120480.436-100000@kai.qix.co.uk> <5ld7enduic.fsf@assaris.sics.se> <200012201721.eBKHL4Q67705@earth.backplane.com> <5ly9xax4w7.fsf@assaris.sics.se>
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:Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> writes:
:> I need something gdb can latch on to. If the program exits all the state
:> required to debug the problem goes away.
:
:abort() doesn't exit, it sends a SIGABRT which is caught by gdb.
:
:/assar
True, except abort() does some really stupid things like close all
open streams... it doesn't leave the resulting core file in a debuggable
state half the time. In otherwords, it is useless.
-Matt
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