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Re: [DISCUSS]: cross-debugging shared libraries


> > I abhor environment variables, in case of problems debugging becomes
> > a nightmare, as you might not be able to reproduce the problem without
> > the correct set of environment variables.
> 
> Hmm...  Good point.  But this is no different from needing a certain
> .gdbinit (or the corresponding gdb settings) to reproduce a problem.

It is different.

I could request e.g the output of a
show solib-search-path
command from the problem reporter and see the effective value immediately.

show env
shows the environment the inferior will see, not necessarily GDB's own
environment. If someone does a set env in his .gdbinit file, you are lost.
And yes, I really have seen such scenarios ...

-- 
Peter Schauer			pes@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de

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