From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30526 invoked by alias); 13 Nov 2001 16:47:16 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 30504 invoked from network); 13 Nov 2001 16:47:08 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cygnus.com) (205.180.230.5) by sourceware.cygnus.com with SMTP; 13 Nov 2001 16:47:08 -0000 Received: from redhat.com (rtl.cygnus.com [205.180.230.21]) by runyon.cygnus.com (8.8.7-cygnus/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA18388; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 08:46:50 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <3BF14E50.7E55FC0C@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 15:35:00 -0000 From: Fernando Nasser Organization: Red Hat Canada X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3-12 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eli Zaretskii CC: gdb Subject: Re: gdb.ini vs. .gdbinit on Cygwin References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2001-11/txt/msg00026.txt.bz2 Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > On Sun, 11 Nov 2001, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > > > is there still a reason why the .gdbinit file is called gdb.ini > > on Cygwin? > > You might consider the fact that the Windows Explorer still disallows > creation of files with a leading dot. > > I don't know if this is important for Cygwin users, though. > > Also, if you remove gdb.ini, I'd suggest to have a transitional period > where gdb.ini is still supported. Otherwise, users might get mad at > you for breaking their setup. > > In any case, please change the docs accordingly (type "i gdb.ini RET" > in an Info reader, to find where it is mentioned). I agree with Eli. My first thought was: look for ".gdbinit", if not found look for "gdb.ini" after issuing a warning that "gdb.ini" should be renamed to ".gdbinit" and that "gdb.ini" will not be supported in future versions. But then I remembered that we may have native Windows GDB (i.e., not Cygwin, but Win32 GDB programs). Can those also look for ".gdbinit"? And the Windows Explorer issue, has it gone on the XP version? -- Fernando Nasser Red Hat Canada Ltd. E-Mail: fnasser@redhat.com 2323 Yonge Street, Suite #300 Toronto, Ontario M4P 2C9