[Bug symtab/18686] New: better support for separate debug files

["dje at google dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>]

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18686

            Bug ID: 18686
           Summary: better support for separate debug files
           Product: gdb
           Version: unknown
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: symtab
          Assignee: unassigned at sourceware dot org
          Reporter: dje at google dot com
  Target Milestone: ---

Every now and then I need data which gdb has but I can't get at.

An example is separate debug files.
We should have a way to list separate debug files (not as maint commands, but
as real commands, I'm asking this from a user's perspective).
I don't have a strong opinion on how, but including it with "info shared" is
one way, modulo that won't include the executable.
"info objfiles" is one thought.

Second, we should have a way to add a separate debug file after the fact.
There is add-symbol-file, but it's not the same, *and* it requires a load
address. Bleah, as a user I don't want to have to compute the load address, and
some users get confused about what address to provide.
We should have a way to say "use this file as a separate debug file for this
objfile" (and a way to remove it too).

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