From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 1 06:54:49 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A09E616A4CE; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 06:54:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5A5143D53; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 06:54:48 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mobile.pittgoth.com (ip68-230-188-82.dc.dc.cox.net [68.230.188.82]) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j216skKw053841 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 1 Mar 2005 01:54:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 01:54:36 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes To: Marcel Moolenaar Message-ID: <20050301015436.2a0d40eb@mobile.pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: References: <200502240449.j1O4n16n039222@freefall.freebsd.org> <421DB2BA.5020804@struchtrup.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.1 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd6.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org cc: marcel@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/72925: Developer's Handbook Ch. 11: replace gdb -k with kgdb X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 06:54:49 -0000 On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:52:19 -0800 Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > On Feb 24, 2005, at 2:55 AM, Sebastian Schulze Struchtrup wrote: > > > A Problem in section 11.3 (Debugging a Crash Dump with DDD) still > > remains. > > `ddd -k` passes the `-k` to gdb which doesn't recognize it anymore > > (aswe are using kgdb now). > > Specifying `--debugger kgdb` will pass a `-q -fullname` to kgdb which > > kgdb doesn't recognize. > > > > Maybe it would be the simplest approach to let kgdb support this > > options for compatibility > > (maybe just ignore them) (marcel?) > > They seem useful to support. In fact the -fullname (or -f) option > is to be passed to the GDB core and not being ignored as it affects > how stack frames are displayed. This allows DDD or Emacs to extract > the file name, line number and column number. > > > Perhaps we should file a separate PR to not forget about it? > > Yes, please. I'll see if getting it in 5.4 is viable... I've added a note for < 5.3 compatibility. Should I update the part about DDD or wait? -- Tom Rhodes