Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:28:11 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/72925: Developer's Handbook Ch. 11: replace gdb -k with kgdb Message-ID: <20050301182811.GA20606@ns1.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20050301015436.2a0d40eb@mobile.pittgoth.com> References: <200502240449.j1O4n16n039222@freefall.freebsd.org> <421DB2BA.5020804@struchtrup.com> <b5f122c58672fa6831162daa9ebd3261@xcllnt.net> <20050301015436.2a0d40eb@mobile.pittgoth.com>
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On Tue, Mar 01, 2005 at 01:54:36AM -0500, Tom Rhodes wrote: > 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? I guess that depends on how you're going to update the part about DDD... :-) It looks like I might be able to add the options in time, so it's probably a good idea to wait until the mights and looks-likes have been transmogrified into something less.. well.. jelly. In other words: into something more substantial and with more definition :-) -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net
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