Re: Should "dir" override the full path encoded in debug info?

Paul Koning
2006-06-25T13:00:21Z

>>>>> "Joel" == Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> writes:

>> I think that's a bug, but the fix for the bug won't make you any
>> happier - if told to fix it, I'd probably make the compilation
>> directory be searched first. But don't quote me on that; I
>> haven't looked at this code in a while (I have another bug to fix
>> in it but it takes me so long to re-internalize how it works that
>> I haven't done it yet).

Joel> That's what I thought too. I don't think it's a big deal
Joel> because our setup is probably pretty rare. I'll see about the
Joel> new rewrite command. Any suggestion on the name of that new
Joel> command and its syntax. Something like this?

Joel> (gdb) rewrite-source-path old-pattern new-pattern

Joel> Or rewrite-source-dir. It's a bit on the longer side, but can't
Joel> find any better name. Help!

I called it "source-substitution" but "rewrite-source-path" is
clearer. I wouldn't make it "rewrite-source-dir". At least in my
case, it's a rewrite of the entire name, so (in theory at elast) it
could rewrite the filename. In our case that hasn't been needed but
why disallow it?

paul