[Bug breakpoints/15802] (gdb) start will run entire program if there is no "main" symbol

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http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15802

Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com> ---
Thanks for filing this.  It's annoyed me before too.

> (Of course, arguably it's wrong to break specifically on main, since there 
> may be static constructors that run earlier ...)

That's how the command is defined:

 (gdb) help start
 Run the debugged program until the beginning of the main procedure.
 You may specify arguments to give to your program, just as with the
 "run" command.

I once hacked a patch to add a "create" command, that creates the inferior
process, but leaves it held at the entry point.  This was like setting a break
at the entry point (b *_start; run), but easier, with no breakpoint at all:

 https://github.com/palves/gdb/commit/be1bc6c802bc5f07b648f45901120dae2278c330

Never got myself to gather enough strength to submit and face the potential
bikeshed.  :-)

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