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[Bug gdb/12208] New: Feature suggestion: accept scripts on commandline, e.g. "gdb start_big_prog.sh"
- From: "bryce2 at obviously dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: gdb-prs at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2010 18:27:54 +0000
- Subject: [Bug gdb/12208] New: Feature suggestion: accept scripts on commandline, e.g. "gdb start_big_prog.sh"
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http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12208
Summary: Feature suggestion: accept scripts on command line,
e.g. "gdb start_big_prog.sh"
Product: gdb
Version: HEAD
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: gdb
AssignedTo: unassigned@sourceware.org
ReportedBy: bryce2@obviously.com
A huge fraction of the bigger projects in the world are wrapped with some form
of script. When it comes time to use gdb, this is a barrier:
$ gdb seamonkey
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.1-ubuntu
"/usr/bin/seamonkey": not in executable format: File format not recognized
$
The suggestion is to have gdb work through scripts, perhaps starting the
script, then attaching to the children. Doing so may lower the barrier to
getting started with gdb, at least for debugging or diagnosing opt (other
people's stuff).
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