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Re: Python pretty-printing [1/6]

On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 12:29:36PM -0600, Tom Tromey wrote:
> Tom> * maint.c (_initialize_maint_cmds): Add "maint set gdb_datadir".
> 
> Eli> Is this new command documented in one of your patches?  If it is, I
> Eli> missed that part.
> 
> Tom> I will add this.
> 
> I am considering just dropping this command instead.
> It doesn't seem very useful to me.  Sérgio, do you remember why you
> added this?

FWIW, I think it shouldn't even be a maint command.  We can set
debug-file-directory and sysroot, why not datadir?

Vladimir was just asking you about testing pretty-printing with an
uninstalled GDB; that seems like one use.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery
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