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Add BZR_SIGQUIT_PDB=0 option to disable breakin.

Split tests for this into test_breakin, and make them a bit more robust.

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Bazaar has a few facilities to help debug problems by going into pdb_, the

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Python debugger.

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http://docs.python.org/lib/debugger-commands.html

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.. _pdb: http://docs.python.org/lib/debugger-commands.html

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If the ``BZR_PDB`` environment variable is set

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then bzr will go into pdb post-mortem mode when an unhandled exception

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If you send a SIGQUIT signal to bzr, which can be done by pressing C-\ on Unix,

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bzr will go into the debugger immediately. You can continue execution by

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typing ``c``.

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typing ``c``. This can be disabled if necessary by setting the

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environment variable ``BZR_SIGQUIT_PDB=0``.

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