Bug 7343

Summary:	.gdbinit not read when in directory of the executable
Product:	gdb	Reporter:	sinisa
Component:	cli	Assignee:	Not yet assigned to anyone <unassigned>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	ac131313, gdb-prs
Priority:	P3
Version:	unknown
Target Milestone:	---
Host:		Target:
Build:		Last reconfirmed:

Description sinisa 2001-11-01 17:18:01 UTC

[Converted from Gnats 238]

.gdbinit placed in directory where executable is located, is not read, not even if --cd=.... option is provided.

Release:
any gdb 5.* snapshot

Environment:
Linux i386 kernel 2.4.13, glibc 2.2.3, gcc 3.0.2

Comment 1 ac131313 2001-11-01 18:26:19 UTC

From: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>
To: sinisa@mysql.com
Cc: gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: gdb/238: .gdbinit not read when in directory of the executable
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 13:26:19 -0500

 Thanks,

 I suspect that the startup sequence (execute CD, source script) was 
 unintentionally changed.  See main.c and top.c

 Andrew

Comment 2 Sergio Durigan Junior 2010-04-08 23:31:56 UTC

This bug has already been fixed (probably a long time ago).  Closing it.