Re: [PATCHv3 3/3] gdb: add "set startup-quietly" command

Andrew Burgess
2021-03-24T12:08:42Z

* Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> [2021-02-18 19:32:31 +0200]:

> > From: Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
> > Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 16:41:04 +0000
> > Cc: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
> >
> > gdb/ChangeLog:
> >
> > * NEWS: Add entry.
> > * main.c (captured_main_1): Call check_quiet_mode.
> > * top.c (startup_quiet): New global.
> > (check_quiet_mode): New function.
> > (show_startup_quiet): New function.
> > (init_main): Register new command.
> > * top.h (check_quiet_mode): Declare.
> >
> > gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
> >
> > * gdb.texinfo (Mode Options): Mention "set startup-quietly".
> >
> > gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
> >
> > * gdb.base/startup-file.exp: Add more tests.
>
> The documentation parts are okay, except that...
>
> > +set startup-quietly on|off
> > +show startup-quietly
> > + When 'on', this causes GDB to act as if "-silent" were passed on the
> > + command line. This command needs to be added to an early
> > + initialization file (e.g. ~/.config/gdb/gdbearlyinit) in order to
> > + affect GDB. ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > [...]
> > +Set whether GDB should start up quietly."), _(" \
> > +Show whether GDB should start up quietly."), _("\
> > +This setting will not affect the current session. Instead this command\n\
> > +should be added to the .gdbstartup file in the users home directory to\n\
> ^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> ...there seems to be a disagreement regarding the name of that early
> initialization file.

Thanks, I have fixed this in my local branch.

Andrew