Re: [PATCH] Warn about data-directory when failing to import Python "gdb" module

[Khoo Yit Phang <khooyp at cs dot umd dot edu>]

Hi,

On Sep 17, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Joel Brobecker wrote:

>> If you are running GDB from the build directory, please run gdb with
>> the -data-directory flag set as appropriate, e.g., "builddir/gdb
>> -data-directory builddir/data-directory".
> 
> I expect that the majority of users will *not* be running GDB out
> of the build directory. If they encounter the same issue with a
> poorly installed GDB (Eg: They copied the GDB binary from one location
> to another without copying the remaining support files), the error
> message is not going to help them.
> 
> I think that people who do run GDB from the build directory (a power
> user setup) should be sufficiently knowledgeable, and we should try
> to tailor the hints towards regular users.

Perhaps:

GDB is unable to find its support files. You may need to provide the -data-directory flag to GDB (refer to the man pages for more details).

Yit
September 17, 2012