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# This gdb startup script breaks at the mpxs_Apache__Filter_print()
# function from the XS code, as an example how you can debug the code
# in XS extensions.
#
# Invoke as:
# gdb -command=.debug-modperl-xs
# and then run: 
# t/TEST -v -run -ping=block filter/api
#
# see ADJUST notes for things that may need to be adjusted

# ADJUST: the path to the httpd executable if needed
file /home/stas/httpd/worker/bin/httpd
handle SIGPIPE nostop
handle SIGPIPE pass
set auto-solib-add 0

define myrun
    tbreak main
    break ap_run_pre_config
    # ADJUST: the httpd.conf file's path if needed
    # ADJUST: add -DPERL_USEITHREADS to debug threaded mpms
    run -d `pwd`/t -f `pwd`/t/conf/httpd.conf \
    -DONE_PROCESS -DNO_DETACH -DAPACHE2
    continue
end

define sharedap
    # ADJUST: uncomment next line to debug threaded mpms
    #sharedlibrary libpthread
    sharedlibrary apr
    sharedlibrary aprutil
    #sharedlibrary mod_ssl.so
    continue
end

define sharedperl
    sharedlibrary libperl
end

define gopoll
    b apr_poll
    continue
    continue
end

define mybp
    # load Apache/Filter.so
    sharedlibrary Filter
    b mpxs_Apache__Filter_print
    # no longer needed and they just make debugging harder under threads
    disable 2
    disable 3
    continue
end

myrun
gopoll
mybp

# ADJUST: uncomment if you need to step through the code in apr libs
#sharedap

# ADJUST: uncomment if you need to step through the code in perlib
#sharedperl