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Inconsistency in Docker documentation for GDB

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
74/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
docker, docker-compose

Research direction

Start with the Docker installation wiki's “How to run the worldserver with gdb” section and compare its instructions with the current container setup after PR #22418. Update the guide so it no longer references the removed apps/startup-scripts/gdb.conf file, then verify that the documented Docker GDB procedure no longer fails because of that missing file.

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Description

After following the Docker documentation for enabling GDB inside Docker (under How to run the worldserver with gdb), Docker Compose fails during the build because gdb.conf is missing.

The current guide still instructs users to copy apps/startup-scripts/gdb.conf into the image and to start worldserver with gdb -x /azerothcore/gdb.conf, but this file is no longer available after #22418. As a result, following the documentation leads to a build error instead of a working GDB setup.

It would be good to update the Docker GDB instructions so they match the current container setup and no longer reference the removed gdb.conf file.

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
6
Forks
34
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