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Re: [rfa] Rename "set solib-absolute-prefix" to "set sysroot", improve docs
> Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2007 14:20:42 -0500
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> >
> > > +@item set sysroot @var{path}
> > > +If this variable is set, @value{GDBN} will use @var{path} as the
> >
> > The "set" commands don't set variables, at least we don't usually
> > explain them like that.
>
> So just delete the first clause, and use this for the intro sentence?
>
> Use @var{path} as the system root for the program being debugged.
Yes.
> > Btw, what would this command do for Windows-style C:/foo/bar file
> > names? Would it work as users expect?
>
> Using a Windows path as the system root, to cross debug a Unix target,
> will work fine. It won't do anything especially sensible if you try to
> apply a system root to Windows full paths, I'm afraid - the same is
> true for sysroots in GCC, and I don't even know what I'd expect it to
> do. Probably /sysroot/c/foo/bar?
Either that, or strip the drive letter from the original file name and
append the rest to the value of sysroot.
> If someone wants to add Windows support I'd be happy to review patches,
> but I don't believe a Windows targeted GDB will reach this code.
If no one needs that now, we don't need to bother.