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Re: [RFC] Set default value of detach_fork to off

From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
To: Mark Kettenis <mark dot kettenis at xs4all dot nl>
Cc: teawater at gmail dot com, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 06:16:08 -0700
Subject: Re: [RFC] Set default value of detach_fork to off
References: <v2qdaef60381005080519v60d9d601k9341aaf172fde8e1@mail.gmail.com> <201005081231.o48CVcGs030274@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl>

> I think we should keep the current default.  While the ability to
> debug both sides of a fork is a nice feature to have, I think most
> people are only interested in debugging the process they started the
> debugger on.  It is not unusual for programs to use system(3) to
> execute system binaries, and I doubt people are interested in
> debugging those.  Typically those binaries will be stripped anyway.
> Setting detach_fork to off will only interfere.

Agreed.

-- 
Joel

References:
- [RFC] Set default value of detach_fork to off
  - From: Hui Zhu
- Re: [RFC] Set default value of detach_fork to off
  - From: Mark Kettenis

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