Re: The thread/float/NaN bug in GDB 5.1, a survey

[Kevin Buettner]

On Dec 7,  3:22pm, address@hidden wrote:

> [...] In the
> end, I set out to debug GDB _with_ GDB (compiled from source, with
> optimisation level -O0). Quite a daunting task requiring a certain
> degree of schizophrenia ;-) BTW I did not succeed in attaching GDB to
> a running GDB (gets stuck in poll()), I had to really run GDB in GDB,
> which confused DDD a bit... Is it a known problem not being able to
> attach?

Attaching to a running GDB with GDB should be possible.  In fact, this
is something that I do quite frequently.  If it doesn't work for you,
I'd appreciate hearing about the exact circumstances under which it
doesn't work so that this problem can be fixed.

Thanks,

Kevin