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Re: gdb "attach" and sharing thread info between processes
- To: Egor Duda <deo@logos-m.ru>
- Subject: Re: gdb "attach" and sharing thread info between processes
- From: Mumit Khan <khan@xraylith.wisc.edu>
- Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 13:37:52 -0500 (CDT)
- cc: cygwin-developers@sourceware.cygnus.com
On Sat, 1 May 1999, Egor Duda wrote:
> Hi!
>
> April, 30 1999, Chris Faylor <cgf@cygnus.com> wrote:
>
> >>I'm also planning to make a patch to winsup, which would allow
> >>to handle exceptions by starting debugger. i think it would be
> >>acceptable substitution for core files functionality. What do you
> >>think about usefulness of such patch?
>
> CF> It sounds like a good idea as long as it doesn't add too much bloat to the
> CF> DLL.
>
> So, here it goes. It was made against Snapshot-1999/04/10. It's rather
> gdb-centric, but i don't think any other debugger can handle gcc's
> debug info anyway.
>
This can be quite useful at times; however I find that I'd rather not have
it on by default, or in other words, it should be configurable via either
env variable (my preference) or by a registry entry.
Regards,
Mumit