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Re: Enable hidden option -l
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 00:09:54 -0500
- Subject: Re: Enable hidden option -l
- References: <m3eki3hu43.fsf@igel.m5r.de>
On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 12:42:04AM +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> GDB has (since the beginning of CVS history) a hidden option -l that can
> be used to set the timeout for remote communication. But it was never
> possible to pass it because it is missing from long_options.
>
> The option is quite useful when debugging gdbserver.
This is the same as "set remotetimeout". I can see how the command
line argument would be useful, though. Eli and I both think this is a
good idea; so I'll approve the code change.
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Daniel Jacobowitz