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Re: [patch 1/2] Provide $ddir substitution for --with-auto-load-safe-path
> But with separate --with-auto-load-safe-path one can permit loading .gdbinit
> from GCC or Emacs build directory:
> --with-auto-load-safe-path=$ddir/auto-load:~/src/gcc:~/src/emacs
>
> If you unify these two settings it will try to load scripts for
> arbitrary inferiors also from ~/src/gcc and from ~/src/emacs. Which
> should be safe - as you declared these directories safe - but I find
> it a bit mess. Not sure if it is simplification or complication.
Personally, I think it is a complication to have so many settings
that are paths, and I feel like the only way to get away with it is
to document exactly the sequence in which each of the setting is being
evaluated. But I don't have a strong opinion on this.
--
Joel