RFC: Check permissions of .gdbinit files

Nathan J. Williams nathanw@wasabisystems.com
Mon May 30 19:54:00 GMT 2005


Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> writes:

> > I think the "owned by a different user" change is problematic. I've
> > used build systems that autogenerated .gdbinit files in the build
> > tree, and it would be entirely sensible for one developer to go and
> > debug another developer's build.
> 
> Well that's the whole point.  You'll get a warning; would you be
> happier if the warning explicitly suggested "source .gdbinit"?

I guess. I think I don't agree that this is a problem that needs
solving, fundamentally.

        - Nathan



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