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Re: [patch+doc 1/2] filename-display: 1->4 options {inferior,libs}{,-sepdebug}
- From: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- To: Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>, gdb-patches <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 13:01:20 +0100
- Subject: Re: [patch+doc 1/2] filename-display: 1->4 options {inferior,libs}{,-sepdebug}
- References: <20130215202536.GA20435@host2.jankratochvil.net> <20130227185345.GA21375@host2.jankratochvil.net> <CADPb22Sv72+ojtbc1M31umP4_UP1wnq5Cew4Fdvo5LEYu=r=0w@mail.gmail.com> <20130227195251.GA29891@host2.jankratochvil.net> <yjt2zjygnw2f.fsf@ruffy2.mtv.corp.google.com> <20130307095224.GA12606@host2.jankratochvil.net> <51386B3B.3030502@redhat.com>
On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:26:03 +0100, Pedro Alves wrote:
> On 03/07/2013 09:52 AM, Jan Kratochvil wrote:
> > That will work for your stated binary with sepdebug in $HOME (although I still
> > cannot imagine how that looks / why is it built that way).
>
> For distro builds, I don't either. But, non-distro,
> relocatable toolchains installable anywhere the user wants
> can easily be installed under $HOME. I can picture
> the debug-file-directory pointing somewhere under $HOME
> for those cases.
The question here was whether anyone will have files with .gnu_debuglink (even
if just the binary file) in $HOME.
In $HOME one does "configure --prefix=$HOME;make install or install-strip"
which does not bring .gnu_debuglink in.
Jan