sourcing gdb-scripts and future shared lib loads

sourcing gdb-scripts and future shared lib loads

[Fabio De Bona]

Hi everyone,
I face the following problem: I created a file with gdb commands to be 
sourced in gdb or used via gdb -x file, in which I want to set some
breakpoints in parts of my application that are loaded in the future. 
When you do this interactive gdb usually asks you if you want to create
breakpoints for symbols loaded in the future. The problem is that the 
question is automatically answered with "no" if you use the above script
approach (same like setting 'set confirm off' in interactive mode). How 
can I tell gdb to answer all questions with "yes" when it executes one 
of my scripts ? Has anyone an idea how to solve this problem ?

Regards
Fabio De Bona

Re: sourcing gdb-scripts and future shared lib loads

[Joel Brobecker]

> I face the following problem: I created a file with gdb commands to be 
> sourced in gdb or used via gdb -x file, in which I want to set some
> breakpoints in parts of my application that are loaded in the future. 
> When you do this interactive gdb usually asks you if you want to create
> breakpoints for symbols loaded in the future. The problem is that the 
> question is automatically answered with "no" if you use the above script
> approach (same like setting 'set confirm off' in interactive mode). How 
> can I tell gdb to answer all questions with "yes" when it executes one 
> of my scripts ? Has anyone an idea how to solve this problem ?

Read the manual, Luke. The following should help you solve that problem:

(gdb) help set breakpoint pending
Set debugger's behavior regarding pending breakpoints.
If on, an unrecognized breakpoint location will cause gdb to create a
pending breakpoint.  If off, an unrecognized breakpoint location results in
an error.  If auto, an unrecognized breakpoint location results in a
user-query to see if a pending breakpoint should be created.

-- 
Joel