Re: texmacs package => how to debug an app problem under the hurd?
On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 05:12:53PM +0200, PUYDT Julien wrote:
> what I was seeking wasn't how to debug the hurd, which is far too
> complicated for me, but directions such as where to look for
> informations about what has gone wrong. For example on GNU/Linux, I know
> that by looking in /proc/<pid>, there will be some informations...
If a program hangs, it hangs because it is in a loop or it is blocking on an
RPC or other event. Both can be easily seen with gdb.
> Are there hurd-specific tools?
You can try rpctrace, although it is a bit buggy itself.
> Using gdb sounds like a bad idea for a beginner like me; especially a
> guile-based app!
Using gdb is an excellent idea. You better become familiar with it today
than tomorrow. Run, not walk, to your computer and read "info gdb" :)
(install libc0.3-dbg and run programs with LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib/debug, so
you get debugging symbols into libc).
Thanks,
Marcus
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