Re: [PATCH v5] Implement the ability to set/unset environment variables to GDBserver when starting the inferior

[Thomas Preudhomme <thomas dot preudhomme at foss dot arm dot com>]

Hi Simon,

Sorry if I wasn't clear. I actually meant that this test *should* be relevant 
for cross-debugger using native gdbserver but it is currently skipped in that 
case (because the test only checks if that gdb uses a stub).

Did I misunderstand the meaning of gdb stub?

Best regards,

Thomas

On 05/09/17 17:25, Simon Marchi wrote:
> On 2017-09-05 05:32 PM, Thomas Preudhomme wrote:
> > Hi Sergio,
> >
> > I noticed that the share-env-with-gdbserver.exp test you added is skipped if using a gdb stub. However the comment says the test is meaningless for native-gdbserver. Shouldn't the check also look whether this is a cross debugger?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Thomas
>
> Why would a cross debugger make this test irrelevant?  If you are debugging
> your ARM board from your x86 PC, you can still set environment variables
> for new processes that are spawned by gdbserver.  I have the feeling that
> you are confused by the meanings of the various terms (native/remote/
> extended-remote/cross/etc), which is understandable because these terms
> have different meanings depending on the context.  Can you expand on why
> you think this is wrong, and maybe we can find where the possible confusion
> comes from?
>
> Simon