Re: bash --debugger does nothing if debug script not installed

[Chet Ramey]

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On 11/21/14 9:31 PM, Eric Blake wrote:

> $ bash --debugger foo
> bash: debug script /usr/bin/bashdb: file not found
> 
> to give me a heads up that I need to install bashdb.  Would it make
> sense to make the explicit use of --debugger be fatal if a debugger
> start file is configured but not present?

I think a better change is to report the error on opening the file,
then turn off debugging mode but allow script execution to continue.
Something like this:

$ bash --debugger foo
foo: /usr/local/share/bashdb/bashdb-main.inc: No such file or directory
foo: warning: cannot start debugger; debugging mode disabled
hello

Chet
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