fielding 98/10/09 13:29:00
Modified: . debugging.html Log: Add Dean's "MaxClients 1" suggestion. Revision Changes Path 1.3 +5 -1 apache-devsite/debugging.html Index: debugging.html =================================================================== RCS file: /export/home/cvs/apache-devsite/debugging.html,v retrieving revision 1.2 retrieving revision 1.3 diff -u -r1.2 -r1.3 --- debugging.html 1998/10/09 19:35:51 1.2 +++ debugging.html 1998/10/09 20:28:59 1.3 @@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ <P>The only tricky part of running gdb on Apache is forcing the server into a single-process mode so that the parent process being debugged does the request-handling work instead of forking child processes. -We have provided the <CODE>-X</CODE> option for that purpose. +We have provided the <CODE>-X</CODE> option for that purpose, which will +work fine for most cases. However, some modules don't like starting +up with <CODE>-X</CODE>, but are happy if you force only one child to run +(using "<CODE>MaxClients 1</CODE>"); you can then use gdb's attach command +to debug the child server. <P>The following example, with <font color=green>user input in green</font>, shows the output of gdb run on a server executable (httpd) in the current
