RE: Different output from -gdb-show than show

[Marc Khouzam <marc.khouzam@ericsson.com>]

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pedro Alves [mailto:pedro@codesourcery.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 4:28 PM
> To: Marc Khouzam
> Cc: 'Michael Snyder'; 'gdb@sourceware.org'
> Subject: Re: Different output from -gdb-show than show
> 
> On Tuesday 31 August 2010 21:10:41, Marc Khouzam wrote:
> > > Yes.  You may want to issue an "-gdb-set exec-direction forward"
> > > upfront to clean up any stale state from a previous run/target
> > > as well... 
> > 
> > Should be new sessions every time with Eclipse (at least for now).
> > 
> > > Also, it may wreck havoc in non-stop if the target is
> > > already executing...  
> > 
> > You are right.  Thanks for pointing it out.
> > Nothing I can do in that case then?
> 
> I can't think of anything, sorry.
> 
> > > I think listing support for reverse
> > > in "-list-target-features" would be nice?
> > 
> > Definitely sounds like there should be some way to get that info.
> 
> Want to post a patch? :-) It should be a two liner addition to
> mi-main.c:mi_cmd_list_target_features, plus a similar sized mention
> in the docs.

I'll give it a go and post it separately on gdb-patches.

Thanks for the pointer

Marc