[patchv2] Record objfile->original_name as an absolute path

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans <dje@google.com> writes:

Doug> What I mean is we need a way to stop
Doug> gdb from auto-loading symbols and then a command to load the symbols
Doug> at a later point.

Red Hat has a "-readnever" patch that we've shipped for a long time.
I think what's missing is a way to request that gdb start reading
symbols again.  Anyway we could upstream the patch if it sounds useful.

Doug> [One could do something to defer setting the initial language, but
Doug> that's just one reason why gdb might want to load symbols
Doug> immediately.]

FWIW I've implemented this idea at least once, maybe a couple of times.

Tom