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 == To debug both the parent and children ==
-Make sure MOZ_DEBUG_CHILD_PROCESS is set in the environment you'll launch the parent from, and launch the parent process as above.  (Unfortunately, as far as the author knows gud-gdb can't handle multiple gdb sessions ('''TODO: is that true?''').  So to debug child processes, you'll need to pull up a new shell for each and attach to them with good old "gdb attach PID".)
+Make sure MOZ_DEBUG_CHILD_PROCESS is set in the environment you'll launch the parent from, and launch the parent process as above.  Unfortunately, at the time of writing this, gud-gdb can't handle multiple gdb sessions.  So to debug child processes, you'll need to pull up a new shell or a new emacs for each and attach to them as described for child processes above.
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