[Check-users] Is it possible to disable process?

[Nicola S. <nic...@ec...>]

Hi.

I have an error in one of my test, but I do not understand why. It 
causes a SEGFAULT, so it should be easy to find with GDB.
But GDB seems not to follow the processes created by the test. There is 
probably a way to use GDB correctly in this context, but I do not know it.
Is there a way to force check not to create process and thread (that 
will enable me to use GDB in a simple way)? I would particularly 
appreciate a way without recompiling check, but I found nothing in the 
public API.
I am on GNU/Linux.

user@user-ThinkPad-X200:~/workspace/PlanetWars2dRT-SDL2/externals/core$ 
./debug/bin/check_activity_manager
Running suite(s): Activity manager
71%: Checks: 7, Failures: 0, Errors: 2
/home/user/workspace/PlanetWars2dRT-SDL2/externals/core/tests/check_activity_manager.c:66:E:Current:test_activity_manager_start_current:0: 
(after this point) Received signal 11 (Segmentation fault)
/home/user/workspace/PlanetWars2dRT-SDL2/externals/core/tests/check_activity_manager.c:87:E:Next:test_activity_manager_start_next:0: 
(after this point) Received signal 11 (Segmentation fault)
user@user-ThinkPad-X200:~/workspace/PlanetWars2dRT-SDL2/externals/core$ 
gdb ./debug/bin/check_activity_manager
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Reading symbols from ./debug/bin/check_activity_manager...done.
(gdb) b tests/check_activity_manager.c:65
Breakpoint 1 at 0x4030f3: file 
/home/user/workspace/PlanetWars2dRT-SDL2/externals/core/tests/check_activity_manager.c, 
line 65.
(gdb) r
Starting program: 
/home/user/workspace/PlanetWars2dRT-SDL2/externals/core/debug/bin/check_activity_manager
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
Running suite(s): Activity manager
71%: Checks: 7, Failures: 0, Errors: 2
/home/user/workspace/PlanetWars2dRT-SDL2/externals/core/tests/check_activity_manager.c:66:E:Current:test_activity_manager_start_current:0: 
(after this point) Received signal 11 (Segmentation fault)
/home/user/workspace/PlanetWars2dRT-SDL2/externals/core/tests/check_activity_manager.c:87:E:Next:test_activity_manager_start_next:0: 
(after this point) Received signal 11 (Segmentation fault)
[Inferior 1 (process 8147) exited with code 01]

Regards.