handling of absolute source file paths (feature wish/implementation idea)

[Andrew Cagney]

> Hmm, maybe, but most places that I can think of would want either
> solib, or source, but not both.  --with-sysroot just sets solib, also.
> I have no idea what it ought to do with debug...

If it is ment to act like chroot, then it should.  That way it is at 
least simple and consistent - it replaces the top-level root.   People 
can then refine the behavior using other path commands.

> Now what would be really nice would be a manual chapter referencing all
> of these.
> 
> 
>> (although an immediate source-absolute-prefix shouldn't hurt).
>> 
>> BTW, wasn't there a mechanism for editing/replacing part of the source 
>> prefix added, or did that get lost?
> 
> 
> Now that sounds like a great idea.  I can't see it in the source,
> though, and it doesn't ring a bell.

Here is a starter: pathmap semantics issues
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2000-11/msg00319.html
there doesn't appear to be a patch?

Andrew