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		sph on June 4, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What rr does It doesn't look like it's a replacement, it's more a companion tool for gdb to deterministically record, replay and debug a process after the fact.

db48x on June 4, 2022 [–]

Yea, I wouldn’t call it a replacement. It acts as a GDB debugging target; basically you connect a GDB process to rr and GDB controls rr for you. (To confuse things further, the “rr replay” command starts both rr and GDB for you, so it can be difficult to see the seams.)

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