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authorSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2010-03-13 12:28:31 +0100
committerSamuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>2010-03-13 12:28:31 +0100
commita1639fde389e42a9e5583caa76b6a83b76419453 (patch)
tree203f5fcbc6b89e6827b0681b8b81e11d416ba395 /hurd/running
parent4d15634e3574c54db86e79ae6e5734de49bfc57b (diff)
explain when -P is needed
Diffstat (limited to 'hurd/running')
-rw-r--r--hurd/running/debian/faq/debugging_translators.mdwn4
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/running/debian/faq/debugging_translators.mdwn b/hurd/running/debian/faq/debugging_translators.mdwn
index d3aadec8..b55484e1 100644
--- a/hurd/running/debian/faq/debugging_translators.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/running/debian/faq/debugging_translators.mdwn
@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ is included in the section entitled
[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
In order to [[debug|debugging]] translators and being able to step into glibc
-during it, you need the `hurd-dbg` and `libc0.3-dbg` packages installed. Then
+during it, you need the `hurd-dbg` and `libc0.3-dbg` packages installed. If you need to debug the initialization of the translator,
start the translator like `settrans -P /foo /usr/bin/env
LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH=/usr/lib/debug /hurd/foofs`. The `-P` option will make it
pause and you will be able to attach [[debugging/GDB]] to the process.
-
-Is starting the translator like this really needed?