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| author | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2010-12-15 17:28:00 +0000 |
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| committer | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2010-12-15 17:28:00 +0000 |
| commit | a86caf66bb66054f86ef6bed3c5fa6d68444734b (patch) | |
| tree | dacd30dd4676b811dab258da5a799f596b3ee7c2 /gdb/doc | |
| parent | 2fbb4320cae80e68bd80064cac06588f33546e6f (diff) | |
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Rename "maint set python auto-load" to "set auto-load-scripts".
* NEWS: Mention it.
* python/py-auto-load.c (auto_load_scripts): Renamed from
gdbpy_auto_load.
(load_auto_scripts_for_objfile): Update.
(gdbpy_initialize_auto_load): Rename "maint set python auto-load" to
"set auto-load-scripts".
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Startup): Document auto-loading of scripts during
startup.
(Auto-loading): Delete "maint set python auto-load on|off".
Add "set auto-load-scripts on|off".
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 31 |
2 files changed, 32 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index c1d0e1cfdf..df46a17534 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2010-12-15 Doug Evans <dje@google.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Startup): Document auto-loading of scripts during + startup. + (Auto-loading): Delete "maint set python auto-load on|off". + Add "set auto-load-scripts on|off". + 2010-12-07 Doug Evans <dje@google.com> * gdb.texinfo (Mode Options): Document -data-directory. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index dc9630ac0c..0e1d553263 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -1263,6 +1263,25 @@ to the program you are debugging, in the directory where you invoke @value{GDBN}. @item +If the command line specified a program to debug, or a process to +attach to, or a core file, @value{GDBN} loads any auto-loaded +scripts provided for the program or for its loaded shared libraries. +@xref{Auto-loading}. + +If you wish to disable the auto-loading during startup, +you must do something like the following: + +@smallexample +$ gdb -ex "set auto-load-scripts off" -ex "file myprogram" +@end smallexample + +The following does not work because the auto-loading is turned off too late: + +@smallexample +$ gdb -ex "set auto-load-scripts off" myprogram +@end smallexample + +@item Reads command files specified by the @samp{-x} option. @xref{Command Files}, for more details about @value{GDBN} command files. @@ -23114,13 +23133,13 @@ debugging commands and scripts. Auto-loading can be enabled or disabled. @table @code -@kindex maint set python auto-load -@item maint set python auto-load [yes|no] -Enable or disable the Python auto-loading feature. +@kindex set auto-load-scripts +@item set auto-load-scripts [yes|no] +Enable or disable the auto-loading of Python scripts. -@kindex maint show python auto-load -@item maint show python auto-load -Show whether Python auto-loading is enabled or disabled. +@kindex show auto-load-scripts +@item show auto-load-scripts +Show whether auto-loading of Python scripts is enabled or disabled. @end table When reading an auto-loaded file, @value{GDBN} sets the |
