On Mon, 19 Jan 2009, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
Well, alias lgdb='libtool --mode=execute gdb' is still shorter than what you suggest, but for reference, here's a patch that does what you want. What do the others think, should libtool be lenient here? I don't have a strong preference (sure don't mind), the requirement for a mode seems to have been present for at least 10 years.
10 years already? the only concern I can think of is if this blocks building the program called 'gdb', but hopefully it's build is already using --mode given the 10 years..
Aside, I am not quite sure whether it is portable (to other systems or debugger versions) to assume that gdb will not be interactive when started with stdin redirected to /dev/null.
This may be a valid concern for systems which do not support POSIX pty's or /dev/null (primarily Windows).
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