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bug#58826: 29.0.50; gud-gdb can't find core file if executable is in a d
From: |
Dima Kogan |
Subject: |
bug#58826: 29.0.50; gud-gdb can't find core file if executable is in a different directory |
Date: |
Thu, 27 Oct 2022 23:29:37 -0700 |
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mu4e 1.8.7; emacs 29.0.50 |
Thanks for replying, Eli.
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> This is the documented behavior of "M-x gud-gdb":
> .....
> AFAIU, if you run the debugger like this:
>
> gdb --fullname python3 core.sfmviz.py.1807941
>
> then GUD will not change the default-directory to /usr/bin, which I
> believe is what you want. GDB will then locate the Python executable
> either in the current default-directory or by searching PATH.
OK. It's documented, but it's still not good. What if the executable
wasn't in the $PATH?
It's also really unintuitive to have an implicit change of directory
here, and it would match most people's expectations if it was changed, I
think. Do you know why we're doing that?
Thanks.