Re: Feature request: setting env vars for binary wrappers

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> > We need to make sure
> > that it is both possible to obtain the necessary run-time environment,
> > and to run the debugger on the correct binary.  Proposals for the
> > cleanest way to do that are appreciated.
>
> Well, did this cease to work (except for the bug which was fixed in
> 2.2.2)?
>  ./libtool --mode=execute gdb ./prog --args ...

I assume that it works.  Of course it does not work with some 
IDE-based debuggers.  It can be made to work with programs like 'ddd' 
and 'emacs' which talk to a traditional debugger over a pseudo-tty or 
pipe.

Bob
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