server/2286: gdbserver opens socket and waits for connection even if child fork fails

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

The following reply was made to PR server/2286; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
To: michael.snyder@access-company.com
Cc: gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: server/2286: gdbserver opens socket and waits for connection
	even if child fork fails
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:25:40 -0400

 On Tue, Jul 17, 2007 at 08:28:21PM -0000, Michael Snyder wrote:
 > Tell gdbserver to launch a program that doesn't exist
 > (eg. if you typed the name wrong).  It will try to fork
 > the process, and fail of course, but despite the failure
 > it will still open a socket and wait for gdb to connect.
 > 
 > As soon as gdb connects, gdbserver will close and exit.
 
 Could you check if this still happens in HEAD?  I know I did
 _something_ related to this, but I don't remember if it was the same
 bug exactly.
 
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 Daniel Jacobowitz
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