From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 24 15:52:22 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 4A2CB16A4CE; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:52:22 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.xcllnt.net (209-128-86-226.bayarea.net [209.128.86.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C846043D45; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:52:21 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) Received: from [192.168.4.250] (dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net [192.168.4.250]) by ns1.xcllnt.net (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j1OFqRmx088175; Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:52:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcel@xcllnt.net) In-Reply-To: <421DB2BA.5020804@struchtrup.com> References: <200502240449.j1O4n16n039222@freefall.freebsd.org> <421DB2BA.5020804@struchtrup.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Marcel Moolenaar Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 07:52:19 -0800 To: Sebastian Schulze Struchtrup X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) cc: Tom Rhodes 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: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 15:52:22 -0000 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... -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net