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Re: [patch, doc RFA] New command-line option -na.
- From: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- To: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:55:43 +0100
- Subject: Re: [patch, doc RFA] New command-line option -na.
- References: <20101211004734.E48242461AD@ruffy.mtv.corp.google.com>
On Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:47:34 +0100, Doug Evans wrote:
> The capability exists today with "maint set python auto-load on|off",
> but that can't be used to disable scripts from a program provided on
> the command line.
> In order to use that, one has to start gdb without a program,
> disable auto-loading, and *then* use the "file" command. Bleah.
I use the "file" trick commonly for example for:
gdb -ex 'set debug-file-directory /tmp/foo:/usr/lib/debug' -ex 'file /bin/date'
> I'm renaming "maint set python auto-load on|off" to
> "set auto-load-scripts on|off".
I would find this part as a sufficient one. Otherwise we should introduce
a command-line option also for "debug-file-directory" and probably others.
Do you find a common need for `-na'?
Regards,
Jan