Re: [PATCHv2 2/2] gdb/mi: add --no-connection to MI -add-inferior command

[Andrew Burgess <aburgess@redhat.com>]

Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net> writes:

> On 2022-03-07 19:40, Andrew Burgess wrote:
>> Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net> writes:
>> 
>>> On 2022-03-03 12:44, Andrew Burgess via Gdb-patches wrote:
>>>> +* MI changes
>>>> +
>>>> + ** The '-add-inferior' command now accepts a '--no-connection'
>>>> +    option, which causes the new inferior to start without a
>>>> +    connection.
>>>
>>> I think this should also say that -add-inferior with no option now inherits
>>> the connection of the current inferior, restoring the behavior of GDB xxx.
>> 
>> I added this note, and pushed these two patches.
>> 
>
> Hmm, I don't see any change in the pushed version.  Forgot to amend the
> patch, perhaps?

Here's the hunk from the patch I pushed, this is currently in master:

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index ee9eaad63a0..4e12ebfb0bd 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -152,6 +152,12 @@ info win
   of the floating-point type, and the "f" is the marker for floating
   point.
 
+* MI changes
+
+ ** The '-add-inferior' with no option flags now inherits the
+    connection of the current inferior, this restores the behaviour of
+    GDB as it was prior to GDB 10.
+
 * New targets
 
 GNU/Linux/LoongArch    loongarch*-*-linux*

I'll follow up with the complete patches.

Thanks,
Andrew