From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18788 invoked by alias); 15 Mar 2011 18:04:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 18775 invoked by uid 22791); 15 Mar 2011 18:04:44 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:04:35 +0000 Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2FI4Sbt008604 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:04:28 -0400 Received: from host1.jankratochvil.net (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2FI4QoH001079 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:04:28 -0400 Received: from host1.jankratochvil.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by host1.jankratochvil.net (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p2FI4Poj029202; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:04:25 +0100 Received: (from jkratoch@localhost) by host1.jankratochvil.net (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p2FI4OhU029197; Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:04:24 +0100 Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:35:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: Pedro Alves Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, Daniel Jacobowitz Subject: Re: [patch] [gdbserver] Fix multi-GB error log files Message-ID: <20110315180423.GA28968@host1.jankratochvil.net> References: <20110306115536.GA31532@host1.jankratochvil.net> <201103151742.56925.pedro@codesourcery.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201103151742.56925.pedro@codesourcery.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) 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: 2011-03/txt/msg00803.txt.bz2 On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:42:56 +0100, Pedro Alves wrote: > I'm worried about whether this breaks use > cases. E.g., as is, you can spawn several instances of > gdbserver + connect, while only needing to open one port in > your firewall. Or perhaps IDEs are relying on that when > spawning the second (and nth) connections to the same > board (while leaving the previous sessions still running). In such case we can make --once default: On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:55:36 +0100, Jan Kratochvil wrote: # Also when --once is already introduced it could be made default (that is # introduce an option "--permanent" to keep the current behavior). But this # changes the behavior of gdbserver which the users may be used to. It was not made the default just for backward compatibility which you state got broken anyway. Thanks, Jan