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

[Ryan Cunningham]

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>> On Nov 23, 2014, at 11:29 AM, Ryan Cunningham <rvskmbrly3@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Nov 23, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> wrote:
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>>> On 11/21/14 9:31 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
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>>> $ 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
> 
> Maybe something like this:
> 
> bash: foo: debugger /usr/local/share/bashdb/bashdb-main.inc: No such file or 
> directory
> bash: foo: disabling debugging mode
> hello
> 
> Messages above that begin with "bash:" should be directed to file descriptor 
> 2.

A similar error message (as below) should be given when the user tries to 
execute a debugger that permissions don't let him execute:

bash: foo: debugger /usr/bin/x: Permission denied
bash: foo: disabling debugging mode

where /usr/bin/x is the path to the debugger. Of course, "Permission denied" 
can be replaced with any error valid here, as long as an attempt was indeed 
made to access the file in question.

When the debug script was found successfully but exited with failure status, 
this message should be printed, where the number in parentheses is the 
debugger's exit code:

bash: foo: debugger /usr/bin/x: Failed (1)

and Bash itself should exit immediately with the same code.

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>> 
>> Chet
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