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Re: --pid and --core
Eli Zaretskii wrote:
Thanks, but please make the appropriate changes in the manual as
well. It currently says:
`-pid NUMBER'
`-p NUMBER'
Connect to process ID NUMBER, as with the `attach' command. If
there is no such process, GDB will attempt to open a core file
named NUMBER.
In addition, this change also warrants a NEWS entry.
Like so ?
--
Pedro Alves
2008-01-05 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
gdb/
* NEWS: Mention --pid and --core command line behaviour changes.
2008-01-05 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com>
gdb/doc/
* gdb.texinfo (File Options): Remove mention of the attempt to
open a core file with the -p option. Don't list -c as a valid
option to attach to a process.
---
gdb/NEWS | 7 +++++++
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 3 ---
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Index: src/gdb/NEWS
===================================================================
--- src.orig/gdb/NEWS 2008-01-05 17:22:19.000000000 +0000
+++ src/gdb/NEWS 2008-01-05 17:24:16.000000000 +0000
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
*** Changes since GDB 6.7
+* Change in command line behavior -- corefiles vs. process ids.
+
+ When the '-p NUMBER' or '--pid NUMBER' options are used, and
+ attaching to process NUMBER fails, GDB no longer attempts to open a
+ core file named NUMBER. Attaching to a program using the -c option
+ is no longer supported. Instead, use the '-p' or '--pid' options.
+
* New commands
set print frame-arguments (all|scalars|none)
Index: src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
===================================================================
--- src.orig/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo 2008-01-05 17:22:19.000000000 +0000
+++ src/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo 2008-01-05 17:23:56.000000000 +0000
@@ -942,14 +942,11 @@ file.
@cindex @code{-c}
Use file @var{file} as a core dump to examine.
-@item -c @var{number}
@item -pid @var{number}
@itemx -p @var{number}
@cindex @code{--pid}
@cindex @code{-p}
Connect to process ID @var{number}, as with the @code{attach} command.
-If there is no such process, @value{GDBN} will attempt to open a core
-file named @var{number}.
@item -command @var{file}
@itemx -x @var{file}