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Re: [patch] New set auto-load-local-gdbinit + disable it by default
> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:48:40 +0100
> From: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
>
> > One could argue the converse too ... Having to manually request
> > whatever goodies the developers find useful adds a needless burden.
> > Why can't gdb just auto-adjust itself for debugging the program at
> > hand?
>
> Because it is then different than normal GDB.
>
> It is difficult to argue myself but IMO in a survey between GDB newbies they
> find easier if GDB behaves always the same than if it behaves differently
> according to which program you load into it.
Newbies are not expected to debug GDB or Emacs.
Actually, it is impractical to debug Emacs without the .gdbinit whcih
comes with it.