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To: Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com>
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Subject: Re: RFA: attach to a PID using a different exec
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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Reply-To: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
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Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:53:00 -0000
In-Reply-To: <491C9D75.7010701@vmware.com> (Michael Snyder's message of "Thu\, 13 Nov 2008 13\:34\:45 -0800")
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>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Snyder <msnyder@vmware.com> writes:

Michael> No way should we do this without asking.
Michael> It's just as possible that the first file was the one
Michael> the user wanted, and the one attached to was a mistake.

It does ask, at least if the current exec has debug symbols:

(gdb) attach 16970
Attaching to program: /home/tromey/gnu/git-gdb/build/gdb/gdb, process 16970
Load new symbol table from "/home/tromey/gnu/archer/build/gdb/gdb"? (y or n) 

I suppose it could ask something more specific, though.

Tom