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Message-ID: <87lijgl9nd.fsf@fleche.redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:58:30 -0600
From: Tom Tromey <tromey@...hat.com>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: Bruno Haible <bruno@...sp.org>, Rich Felker <dalias@...ifal.cx>,
        bug-gnulib@....org
Subject: Re: musl, printf out-of-memory test

>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Meyering <jim@...ering.net> writes:

Jim> That is correct.  It is a feature of gdb-7.0 and newer.
Jim> You can inspect (watch/break-at/etc.) the same address and expect it
Jim> to refer to the same memory location in multiple invocations.
Jim> This makes gdb's command-line history even more useful.

gdb defaults to this for development convenience.
You can change it though, see "set disable-randomization".

Tom

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