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Re: [patch] Forbid run with a core file loaded

From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
To: Mark Kettenis <mark dot kettenis at xs4all dot nl>
Cc: jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 08:04:28 -0700
Subject: Re: [patch] Forbid run with a core file loaded
References: <20100521134718.GA17157@host0.dyn.jankratochvil.net> <201005211447.o4LEl7tQ019880@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl>

> > there is already a protection against loading a core file when a program is
> > running.
> 
> That makes sense.  But what you are suggesting doesn't.
> 
> I often start gdb and load a core file to investigate a problem.  Then
> I set a breakpoint at some point before the crash and run the program
> again.  This used to work just fine.

There might have been a poor choice of words in the subject - Based on
the patch, Jan is not proposing to actually forbid that operation.
Rather, he's suggesting we add a confirmation query before actually
restarting the inferior.  Would you agree to such a change?

-- 
Joel

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