Re: [patch+7.5] auto-load: User conveniences suggested by Doug Evans

Jan Kratochvil
2012-09-10T11:47:51Z

On Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:29:19 +0200, Pedro Alves wrote:
> On 09/09/2012 10:01 AM, Jan Kratochvil wrote:
> > For more information about this security protection see
> > the "Auto-loading safe path" section in the GDB manual or run from the shell:
> > info "(gdb)Auto-loading safe path"
> > warning: File "/home/jkratoch/redhat/gdb-clean/gdb/gdb-gdb.py" auto-loading has been declined by your `auto-load safe-path' set to "$debugdir:$datadir/auto-load".
>
> I honestly don't understand why "for example, run..." would be worse
> than "or run...", while "or" to my ears implies that the information that
> you get in the pointed section of the manual might be different (alternative)
> from what you get from that info command. But that's maybe just language
> barrier, or just me. I'm happy enough with this version. Thanks.

I understand "for example" would be slightly better there but it IMO is not
worth an extra line.

I believe the output should not be too long to be read by anyone.
I understand the warning in 7.5 has proven to be too short, though.

For example the initial GDB licensing information (without -q) is too long,
I do not see it required by GNU Coding Standards; but the initial text is
offtopic here.

Thanks,
Jan