Re: linux, threads and auto-solib-add

Andrew Cagney
2003-01-30T21:31:30Z

> I used the word "needless" above because I think there's a perfectly
> reasonable way that the user can achieve the same effect without
> modifying gdb. Simply place the following commands in a suitable
> .gdbinit file:
>
> set auto-solib-add off
> define hook-stop
> sharedlibrary libpthread
> end
>
> The ``hook-stop'' definition above will attempt to load the libpthread
> shared library every time gdb stops. Of course, once a shared library
> has been loaded, future attempts to load the shared library are
> effectively no-ops since gdb knows that the library is already loaded.

Hey, wow! Consider adding this to the documentation.

Andrew