A lot has changed since first introducing gef-remote to mitigate the many limitations of target remote. In addition this command has created countless issues/PRs because users were using target remote (when they should've used gef-remote).
Since the upgrade to a baseline of GDB 10 + Python 3.10, we can revisit target remote and probably (finally) deprecate gef-remote, mostly through pre and post hooks.
Steps
Known related issues:
A lot has changed since first introducing
gef-remoteto mitigate the many limitations oftarget remote. In addition this command has created countless issues/PRs because users were usingtarget remote(when they should've usedgef-remote).Since the upgrade to a baseline of GDB 10 + Python 3.10, we can revisit
target remoteand probably (finally) deprecategef-remote, mostly through pre and post hooks.Steps
target remote#1150gef-remotepwntoolscompatKnown related issues:
target remotepost hook #1131dereferenceissue withgef-remote#1080