Re: How to debug translators?

[Johannes Rohr <j.rohr@gmx.de>]

Ludovic Courtès <ludovic.courtes@laas.fr> writes:


[...]


> For debugging purposes, you should use "settrans -a" which makes the
> translator active; adding "-P" will make settrans wait until you press a
> key.  This way, you have enough time to get the PID of the translator,
> run "gdb /hurd/nfs <PID>", and press a key in order to start the
> translator.

[...]

Yes, thanks a lot! I'll try that as soon as I manage to build hurd
with debugging symbols. 

Wouldn't it be nice, if Debian had a "hurd-dbg" package with
non-stripped binaries, just as there are "-dbg" packages for many
libraries?

Thanks,

Johannes

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