If the argument to the -r flag starts with a ':' or a '|', don't try to

make sure it is a device.  GDB special cases these prefixes and treats
:#### as a tcp port on localhost and executes what ever follows '|'.

This allows kgdb to debug via dconschat.

Discussed with:	marcel
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Brooks Davis 2004-09-03 07:11:42 +00:00
parent 46e7a66ba0
commit f52501ba8c

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@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
if (!S_ISREG(st.st_mode))
errx(1, "%s: not a regular file", path);
vmcore = strdup(path);
} else if (remote != NULL) {
} else if (remote != NULL && remote[0] != ':' && remote[0] != '|') {
if (stat(remote, &st) != 0) {
snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "/dev/%s", remote);
if (stat(path, &st) != 0) {