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Re: [PATCH, doc RFA] New option -B: simplify running gdb from build directory
- From: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>
- To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- Cc: gdb-patches <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:20:13 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH, doc RFA] New option -B: simplify running gdb from build directory
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On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 6:02 PM, Doug Evans <dje@google.com> wrote:
> I just want to stop having to type --data-directory all the time when
> I run gdb under gdb in emacs (without doing hacks like having a
> special emacs command just for debugging gdb). It's unlikely ISTM the
> community is going to agree on a heuristic for determining whether gdb
> is being run from the build directory any time soon, so let's just let
> it go for now. Typing "./gdb -B" is fine by me. I can think of
> alternatives (eg., name the binary in the build directory as xgdb and
> have gdb check argv[0]) but I prefer -B.
Hah! Gotta love the crystalization of thinking that happens after one
clicks Send.
For the moment running from the build directory only requires passing
--data-directory.
I'm going to add a -D shortcut for --data-directory and make gdb
expand out relative paths for data-directory (it's kinda a bug that it
doesn't now).
That way I can type ./gdb -D .
which is good enough. :-)