From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7189 invoked by alias); 28 Nov 2007 00:46:13 -0000 Received: (qmail 7129 invoked by uid 22791); 28 Nov 2007 00:46:12 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:46:01 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 77CB12A9682; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:45:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id JHQFv-f9-acO; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:45:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EEAC2A9625; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:45:59 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id E93AAE7ACA; Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:45:51 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:46:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Michael Snyder Cc: yichun wang , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Breakpoint when entering of functions on i386 Message-ID: <20071128004551.GJ3620@adacore.com> References: <5f7f5dec0711252308r5825abb8j91d43234ef7b617c@mail.gmail.com> <5f7f5dec0711252310y6c08920cr8464aa2d40ccf05e@mail.gmail.com> <1196100635.2501.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> <5f7f5dec0711262152n56165a36q9f9d949bf829b537@mail.gmail.com> <20071127072541.GJ3670@adacore.com> <1196195905.2501.82.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20071127210421.GG3620@adacore.com> <1196209806.2501.85.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1196209806.2501.85.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i 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: 2007-11/txt/msg00252.txt.bz2 > > Yeah, but then you have to accept sometimes that it won't be as sharp > > as a chef's knife :-). > > Nor as heavy as a sledge hammer. But then, it's sharper than > a sledge hammer, and sometimes all you have is a swiss army > knife. Right - Just to be clear, I wasn't trying to imply that GDB shouldn't be used in this case, but making sure that the user was aware of other more specialized options that may (or not) work better for him. -- Joel