Re: [PATCH] gdb.base/execl-update-breakpoints.exp: Don't execl forever

[Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>]

On 2026-07-09 19:14, Simon Marchi wrote:

> So the goal is just to have one exec and then exit?  Could we just pass
> a regular argument (argv[1]) instead of tweaking argv[0]?  Like the
> process could be launched without argument at first, and then it execs
> itself with an argument, and just the presence of that argument would be
> a flag to say "don't re-exec, just exit".

It's not about the exec event, it has to be two separate programs:

 # Build two copies of the program, each linked at a different address.
 # The address of "main" in the first binary should end up being an
 # unmapped address in the second binary.