Re: Who uses gdbreplay?

[Michael Snyder <msnyder at specifix dot com>]

On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 16:23 -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 01:15:31PM -0700, Michael Snyder wrote:
> > I guess I'm talking about a separate program that does 
> > essentially a huge superset of gdbreplay's current functionality, 
> > using the same input logfile as is currently used by gdbreplay.
> > 
> > In a sense a replacement for gdbreplay, but the existing
> > gdbreplay doesn't have to go away, if it serves a purpose.
> 
> I've used it for testing... like once every two years.  If it took any
> more maintenance than it does I'd probably have dumped it by now, but
> it's nice and simple :-)
> 
> > Yeah, well -- show me an alternative.  Gdbserver?  Maybe.
> 
> There isn't any good GNU alternative that I know of.  But RDA isn't
> much of an alternative either if you want to make a GNU program.
> Just saying.
> 
> > This is an extension of a different project I was working on,
> > using rda.  It just occurred to me that I could make it use
> > the log files that are used by gdbreplay, and make them 
> > suddenly really useful.
> 
> Wouldn't you need a completely different sort of log file?

Here is where I don't want to over-commit myself -- 
but the whole reason for this thread is that I am
thinking I could use gdbreplay's log file exactly as is
(or perhaps run a post-processor over it).

Currently I am using a completely different log file.
Using gdbreplay's log file is at the idea stage.  ;-)