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Subject: Re: new option --readnever & script gstack?
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> It sounds like the -readnever option you propose would be useful only
> in the pstack-like situation.  So how about adding a -pstack option
> which will do whatever it takes for GDB to emulate pstack, i.e. avoid
> reading the symbols, produce a backtrace, and then detach from the
> process?

I think I would tend to use it 'with' symbols myself...