Re: [PATCH] Make sure GDB uses a valid shell when starting the inferior and to perform the "shell" command

Eli Zaretskii
2015-07-24T19:53:25Z

> From: Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
> Cc: simon.marchi@ericsson.com, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 15:28:58 -0400
>
> Another good thing about doing this type of check is that every known
> and unknown shell will still work. When we explicitly check for certain
> shell's as you suggest, it means that if we forget any of them its users
> will be negatively impacted.

I don't think there are so many shells out there that we run a real
risk of forgetting them. And even if we do, there's plenty of time
till the next release to hear from those who might be negatively
impacted.