From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28934 invoked by alias); 10 Mar 2009 09:01:26 -0000 Received: (qmail 28183 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Mar 2009 09:01:25 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp.nokia.com (HELO mgw-mx09.nokia.com) (192.100.105.134) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 09:01:18 +0000 Received: from esebh106.NOE.Nokia.com (esebh106.ntc.nokia.com [172.21.138.213]) by mgw-mx09.nokia.com (Switch-3.2.6/Switch-3.2.6) with ESMTP id n2A912of015408 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 04:01:14 -0500 Received: from esebh102.NOE.Nokia.com ([172.21.138.183]) by esebh106.NOE.Nokia.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:00:52 +0200 Received: from mgw-int02.ntc.nokia.com ([172.21.143.97]) by esebh102.NOE.Nokia.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:00:47 +0200 Received: from troll08.nokia.trolltech.de (bett-ws017.europe.nokia.com [172.25.167.41]) by mgw-int02.ntc.nokia.com (Switch-3.2.5/Switch-3.2.5) with SMTP id n2A90i1f031703 for ; Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:00:46 +0200 Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:37:00 -0000 From: Oswald Buddenhagen To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: make attaching to stopped processes work under windows Message-ID: <20090310090154.GA18056@troll08.nokia.trolltech.de> References: <20090226192552.GB15958@troll08.nokia.trolltech.de> <20090228004414.GA21767@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20090226192552.GB15958@troll08.nokia.trolltech.de> <20090302195625.GA16983@troll08.nokia.trolltech.de> <20090303052130.GA28801@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20090303120504.GA18244@troll08.nokia.trolltech.de> <20090308193233.GA6438@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> <20090309205219.GA13532@troll08.nokia.trolltech.de> <20090310024513.GA16996@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090310024513.GA16996@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) X-Nokia-AV: Clean X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2009-03/txt/msg00140.txt.bz2 On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 10:45:13PM -0400, Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 09:52:19PM +0100, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > >the bad news is that gdb simply hangs without my patch, so your > >situation is rather hypothetical. > > I assure you that Cygwin is not hypothetical. It really does exist. I > provided you with a specific example so that you would see that this > wasn't hypothetical. > and i provided you with a specific explanation why actually _debugging this with current gdb_ *is* hypothetical. ;) all i'm saying is that the patch doesn't make things worse, at least with mingw - i have no idea in how far gdb/cygwin has the same problem - feel free to verify. once the real problem is fixed, the patch should become superfluous in the first place. so yes, obviously it is only a workaround. unfortunately, i don't have the time and motivation to investigate it properly. greetings