Re: [RFC] New option -nh: disable loading ~/.gdbinit

[Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>]

On Fri, 21 Sep 2012 00:01:54 +0200, dje@google.com wrote:
> When running tests (not necessarily tests in gdb/testsuite!) with a
> gdb with a non-trivial system.gdbinit,
> it is useful to be able disable loading ~/.gdbinit.
> system.gdbinit is still necessary, it provides necessary functionality.
> 
> One *could* run the tests with -nx -x /path/to/system.gdbinit,
> but the path to system.gdbinit is not necessarily easy to obtain.
> 
> Instead, I'd like to add this option: -nh.

The current auto-load functionality:
(gdb) set auto-load 
gdb-scripts        local-gdbinit      safe-path          
libthread-db       python-scripts     scripts-directory  

besides local-gdbinit would logically have also system-gdbinit and
home-gdbinit.

-nx would be then equivalent to all of:
  -iex 'set auto-load system-gdbinit off'
  -iex 'set auto-load home-gdbinit off'
  -iex 'set auto-load local-gdbinit off'

-nh would be then equivalent to:
  -iex 'set auto-load home-gdbinit off'

Wouldn't be the last option more clear than another magic option '-nh'?

The patch would be short, I could even post it but so far it was more just
some sort of a clean-up but if you even have a use for it.


Regards,
Jan