path command, set in gdb's env too?

path command, set in gdb's env too?

[Doug Evans]

The `path' command only adds the path to the inferior's environment.
Is it also supposed to add the path to gdb's environment?

From gdb.texinfo:

@table @code
@kindex path
@item path @var{directory}
Add @var{directory} to the front of the @code{PATH} environment variable
(the search path for executables), for both @value{GDBN} and your program.
You may specify several directory names, separated by whitespace or by a
system-dependent separator character (@samp{:} on Unix, @samp{;} on
MS-DOS and MS-Windows).  If @var{directory} is already in the path, it
is moved to the front, so it is searched sooner.

Re: path command, set in gdb's env too?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 20:11:47 -0800
> From: Doug Evans <dje@transmeta.com>
> 
> The `path' command only adds the path to the inferior's environment.
> Is it also supposed to add the path to gdb's environment?

No, not anymore.  This used to be that way, but was changed with these
changes:

   Tue Mar 15 10:33:28 1994  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)

	* environ.c (set_in_environ): Eliminate special handling of PATH and
	GNUTARGET.

Unfortunately, it seems gdb.texinfo was not updated accordingly...

Re: path command, set in gdb's env too?

[Eli Zaretskii]

On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> > Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 20:11:47 -0800
> > From: Doug Evans <dje@transmeta.com>
> > 
> > The `path' command only adds the path to the inferior's environment.
> > Is it also supposed to add the path to gdb's environment?
> 
> No, not anymore.  This used to be that way, but was changed with these
> changes:
> 
>    Tue Mar 15 10:33:28 1994  Jim Kingdon  (kingdon@lioth.cygnus.com)
> 
> 	* environ.c (set_in_environ): Eliminate special handling of PATH and
> 	GNUTARGET.
> 
> Unfortunately, it seems gdb.texinfo was not updated accordingly...

I updated the docs now.  Thank you for your report.