Debugging gdb with gdb

Salman Khilji
2002-02-01T16:25:19Z

I am running gdb under gdb.

Lets assume gdb starts mygdb. I issue the run command in (gdb) without
setting any breakpoints anywhere. mygdb comes up and the prompt now says
(mygdb) instead of (gdb). I want to put a break point somewhere inside the
mygdb code---not the program that mygdb is going to debug. However if I
issue the break command, the break point is going to be set in the program
that (mygdb) is going to debug---not in mygdb itself.

So the question is: How do I temporarily stop the target application in
gdb---set a break point in the target---then continue? This is useful in
GUI applications as well.

Salman

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