Support communication with the debugged process over UNIX-domain sockets

[mbarbon]

I'd like to add the option for the debugger to listen on an Unix-domain socket, to avoid having a TCP port open by the debugger on a shared server (I can restrict access to the Unix-domain socket via Unix permissions).

The patch also updates the documentation.

[joonty]

This is great, and something that's been on my mind to do for a while.

I'll give it a test and get back to you soon. Thanks a lot!

[lkraav]

Did this go anywhere? Anyone been running it in production?

[mbarbon]

It has not been merged; I'm using the patched version

[lkraav]

Yeah, either way I'm not sure this works for xdebug php module anyway. I did not see any socket communication options for configuration.

[joonty]

Hi,

I've done some playing around with this and I'm pretty sure @lkraav is right about Xdebug not supporting unix sockets. @mbarbon what language are you debugging with?

[mbarbon]

I'm using a patched version of ActiveState Komodo debuggin helper for Perl

[joonty]

Ah I see. Do you need to use Unix sockets instead of tcp sockets?
Basically, what's your inspiration behind this PR? Thanks

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I'm using a patched version of ActiveState Komodo debuggin helper for Perl

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[mbarbon]

I want the option of not having an "execute arbitrary code as a different user" port open while I am debugging (because of a partially shared development environment).

I realize it's not the common case, it just seemed a nice option to have.

[joonty]

I'm going to keep this one on ice for now - I'll look at implementing it in version 2, as I don't want to add any more features to version 1. Thanks again.