Hi Peter,

What is the state of this (for i386)?

Mark

On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 11:24:54AM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote:
> Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > 
> > Gang,
> > 
> > I don't know exactly what the gdb(1) problems on Alpha are, but we
> > do have a problem that's probably not specific to an architecture.
> > 
> > The problem is basicly this: one cannot debug any programs because
> > gdb(1) gets a SIGTRAP delivered when it invokes ptrace(2) and never
> > gets a change to wait4(2) the "interior" process.
> > 
> > I don't know the details, but one of the following can be the case
> > 1. We now deliver a SIGTRAP, when we didn't do so before,
> > 2. The SIGTRAP comes too quick, it should be "caught" by the wait4(2).
> > 
> > I couldn't find any indication that 1 happened, so my guess is that
> > we suffer from 2.
> > 
> > Is this known?
> > Any thoughts?
> 
> peter has been working on this...
> 
> It's because the process structure and u-area have changed entirely.
> 
> 
> > 
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