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| author | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2000-07-25 21:35:08 +0000 |
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| committer | David Starks-Browning <starksb@ebi.ac.uk> | 2000-07-25 21:35:08 +0000 |
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New entry (Programming Questions): 'Why doesn't gdb handle signals?'
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diff --git a/winsup/doc/how.texinfo b/winsup/doc/how.texinfo index d11f8c8df..b892b8bdd 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/how.texinfo +++ b/winsup/doc/how.texinfo @@ -1251,6 +1251,14 @@ for signal/process handling-related info, to name two. The strace mechanism is well documented in the Cygwin library sources in the file <CODE>winsup/include/sys/strace.h</CODE>. +@subsection Why doesn't gdb handle signals? + +Unfortunately, there is only minimal signal handling support in gdb +currently. Signal handling only works with Windows-type signals. +SIGINT may work, SIGFPE may work, SIGSEGV definitely does. You cannot +'stop', 'print' or 'nopass' signals like SIGUSR1 or SIGHUP to the +process being debugged. + @subsection The linker complains that it can't find something. @strong{(Please note: This section has not yet been updated for the latest |