From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28467 invoked by alias); 13 Jun 2008 19:18:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 28456 invoked by uid 22791); 13 Jun 2008 19:18:26 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from bluesmobile.specifix.com (HELO bluesmobile.specifix.com) (216.129.118.140) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:18:09 +0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (bluesmobile.specifix.com [216.129.118.140]) by bluesmobile.specifix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8910B3C858; Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:18:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Multi-process and 'inferior' From: Michael Snyder To: Marc Khouzam Cc: gdb@sourceware.org In-Reply-To: <6D19CA8D71C89C43A057926FE0D4ADAA042911C5@ecamlmw720.eamcs.ericsson.se> References: <6D19CA8D71C89C43A057926FE0D4ADAA042911C5@ecamlmw720.eamcs.ericsson.se> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:18:00 -0000 Message-Id: <1213384687.3601.761.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.3 (2.10.3-7.fc7) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2008-06/txt/msg00145.txt.bz2 On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 10:21 -0400, Marc Khouzam wrote: > Hi, > > With multi-process debugging, what will the 'inferior' be? > > In fact, currently, when using attach/detach with gdbserver, what is > considered the inferior? I assume that the inferior is the process > GDB is currently attached to, right? Many years ago, we tried to give up using that term, "inferior". Sounds sort of politically incorrect, though I'm glad that it doesn't seem to have the same 'squick factor' now as it did in the 1990's...