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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Computing software bts automatically
From:       Matt Rogers <mattr () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-04-28 23:06:05
Message-ID: 200604281806.05380.mattr () kde ! org
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On Friday 28 April 2006 16:05, Paulo J. Matos wrote:
> On 28/04/06, Ivor Hewitt <ivor@ivor.org> wrote:
> > Paulo J. Matos wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I'm quite curious on how KDE currently computes the backtraces of
> > > software when it crashes. Can someone explain me or point me to some
> > > references on this issue?
> >
> > It invokes gdb. Although I recently spent some time writing code to walk
> > the stack and collect symbol information, so I'd be happy to answer any
> > questions.
>
> It invokes gdb on what? The dumped core?
> Is there any gdb API for that invocation or KDE starts gdb as a
> separate process and goes through all the work of handling the
> communication between the processes?
>

KDE starts gdb with --pid parameter for the application so that gdb can attach 
to the application.
--
Matt
 
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