From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 27386 invoked by alias); 27 Jul 2010 17:13:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 27370 invoked by uid 22791); 27 Jul 2010 17:13:36 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from smtp-outbound-2.vmware.com (HELO smtp-outbound-2.vmware.com) (65.115.85.73) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:13:27 +0000 Received: from mailhost3.vmware.com (mailhost3.vmware.com [10.16.27.45]) by smtp-outbound-2.vmware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13A042A011; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:13:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msnyder-server.eng.vmware.com (promd-2s-dhcp138.eng.vmware.com [10.20.124.138]) by mailhost3.vmware.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 093F3CD903; Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:13:24 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4C4F13B3.1040909@vmware.com> Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:13:00 -0000 From: Michael Snyder User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090609) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Marc Khouzam CC: 'Mathew Yeates' , "'gdb@sourceware.org'" Subject: Re: preserving checkpoints across sessions References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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: 2010-07/txt/msg00101.txt.bz2 Marc Khouzam wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: gdb-owner@sourceware.org >> [mailto:gdb-owner@sourceware.org] On Behalf Of Mathew Yeates >> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 10:06 PM >> To: gdb@sourceware.org >> Subject: preserving checkpoints across sessions >> >> I looked at the checkpoint code and I "sort of" see how it could be >> done but I'm no gdb guru. >> Somebody add this! It would be a great feature. You could add >> checkpoints throughout your executable and be able to start a gdb >> session and go directly to a desired location. > > I also think this would be a nice feature. > In fact, I thought that is how checkpoints worked already :-O > I was planning on adding this support in Eclipse. I guess > I'll have to wait for it to be supported in GDB first. I frankly don't see any way to implement it. I'm open to suggestions.