microsoft / microsoft/MIEngine
Target process isn't killed during stop debugigng on Linux+GDB
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Description
On the version of GDB that I have on Linux (Ubuntu 7.7.1-0ubuntu5~14.04.2), gdb doesn't support an -exec-abort command. I went through all the mi commands using strings on it. It appears that the only way to kill the process is to use the non-mi 'kill' command.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing stop debugging on Ubuntu with GDB 7.7.1 and inspect the existing handling of target termination. Confirm the fix works without relying on the unsupported -exec-abort command and that the target process is killed when debugging stops.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- devtools, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100