Re: [RFC] Set default value of detach_fork to off

Joel Brobecker
2010-05-08T13:16:30Z

> I think we should keep the current default. While the ability to
> debug both sides of a fork is a nice feature to have, I think most
> people are only interested in debugging the process they started the
> debugger on. It is not unusual for programs to use system(3) to
> execute system binaries, and I doubt people are interested in
> debugging those. Typically those binaries will be stripped anyway.
> Setting detach_fork to off will only interfere.

Agreed.

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Joel