Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com Message-ID: <00F8D6E8AB0DD3118F1A006008186C96035131@server1.axonet.com.au> From: Andrew Dalgleish To: "'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com'" Subject: RE: debugging across fork Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 12:54:30 +1000 X-Priority: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.0.1458.49) Content-Type: text/plain > -----Original Message----- > From: Mumit Khan [SMTP:khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT EDU] > Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 12:43 > To: Andrew Dalgleish > Cc: 'cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com' > Subject: Re: debugging across fork > > Andrew Dalgleish writes: > > I have found a short repeatable 95 fork bug (see below). > > > > How do I debug into the child of a fork? > > > > I have Mumit's build of Insight, but I can't seem to get the > > "follow-fork-mode" to work. > > It only works on HPUX 11.x, sorry. I believe this is documented in > the info docs, which I forgot to package up with the binaries. Please > visit GDB web site at http://sourceware.cygnus.com/gdb/, and look > at "Debugging with GDB - Running Programs Under GDB" node in the > docs for details. > > btw, I finally ran the cygwin build and noticed that the balloon > popups don't work when I position the pointer on say a variable. > If it happens to others as well, it's probably a bug and needs > to be reported. Works fine on Unix boxes I've tried. [Andrew Dalgleish] I had noticed that. If you hover over a function name the popup does show the function address. -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com