Nick Kew wrote: > On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:46:53 +0530 > "Manish Chakravarty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I am using apache 1.3.37, and am trying to write a module for it. >> I know of no possible way to debug it. Can someone please give some >> pointers/tips? >> >> would gdb on GNU/LInux be a better choice? > > gdb is an option. Chapter 12 of my book describes how to use it: > that at least is valid even for Apache 1.
So is VC. The essential thing on every build of apache is to start it with the -X flag in httpd 1.3 - you will get ONE worker process and no parent process. You can now step it, debug it or whatnot. If you omit -X (or in 2.x, the -DONE_PROCESS flag) you will find yourself debugging the PARENT process. In that case, you have to attach to the pid of the worker process you want to debug.
