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[174.21.139.113]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 41be03b00d2f7-77d60117c34sm4650093a12.23.2024.07.11.09.52.42 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:52:42 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <0305acfe-2eed-4c2c-a28c-cf4542129131@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:52:41 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Wondering if record save should be deprecated To: Guinevere Larsen , "gdb@sourceware.org" References: <3efbc686-a7ec-4699-85ba-b96ea4ec2bad@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <3efbc686-a7ec-4699-85ba-b96ea4ec2bad@redhat.com> X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , From: Keith Seitz via Gdb Reply-To: Keith Seitz Errors-To: gdb-bounces~public-inbox=simark.ca@sourceware.org Sender: "Gdb" On 7/10/24 12:58 PM, Guinevere Larsen via Gdb wrote: > Hi everyone! Warning: I am not a record/replay user. > Does it make sense for us to continue supporting this feature that was > nigh unusable for 5 releases without anyone noticing? Does anyone > reading this makes use of this feature and managed to somehow avoid that > crash? From the User Manual: record save filename Save the execution log to a file filename. Default filename is gdb_record.process_id, where process_id is the process ID of the inferior. This command may not be available for all recording methods. This certainly sounds like a useful feature to have/keep/make work. I can envision some use cases where this would really be useful. That said, I would not be quick to confuse utility with awareness. GDB has so many features nowadays that even as a developer/packager for it, I feel I barely use more than 25-30% of GDB's available features. My vote is to fix it, test it, and keep it. Keith