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Re: [patch#2 4/6] set auto-load safe-path
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:17:37 +0300
- Subject: Re: [patch#2 4/6] set auto-load safe-path
- References: <20120329091404.GE25449@host2.jankratochvil.net> <83fwcq1qfr.fsf@gnu.org> <20120403183320.GC13483@host2.jankratochvil.net>
- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 20:33:20 +0200
> From: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
>
> Anyway the doc text is now:
>
> This setting applies to the pathnames as entered by user. If no entry matches
> @value{GDBN} tries as a last resort to also resolve all the pathnames into
> their canonical form (typically resolving symbolic links) and compare the
> entries again. @value{GDBN} already canonicalizes most of the filenames on its
> own before starting the comparison so a canonical form of directories is
> recommended to be entered.
OK, but please don't use "pathnames" when you really mean "file
names", the GNU coding standards frown on such use of "path".
Thanks.