From 58f9e15a49efc3148359ad4c889b8105183d27bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 4 May 2018 17:43:29 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] A minor addition to etc/DEBUG * etc/DEBUG: Add a note for macOS users who get error messages when trying to run GDB. --- etc/DEBUG | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/DEBUG b/etc/DEBUG index ac95c7c8dc6..bd6ea74fa72 100644 --- a/etc/DEBUG +++ b/etc/DEBUG @@ -78,6 +78,14 @@ described in the node "Auto-loading safe path" in the GDB user manual. If nothing else helps, type "source /path/to/.gdbinit RET" at the GDB prompt, to unconditionally load the GDB init file. +Running GDB on macOS sometimes brings an error message like this: + + Unable to find Mach task port for process-id NNN: (os/kern) failure (0x5). + +To overcome this, search the Internet for the phrase "Unable to find +Mach task port for process-id", and you will find detailed +instructions to follow. + *** Use the Emacs GDB UI front-end We recommend using the GUI front-end for GDB provided by Emacs. With -- 2.39.2