From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: 7507@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#7507: 24.0.50; GDB dialog: default should not be `Yes' if GDB is not installed
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:38:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8737q6hy3r.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83fuu6xqai.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Thu, 28 Apr 2016 08:20:37 +0300")
Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> > Why does the question asking whether I want to debug with GDB have `Yes'
>> > as the default value if I don't even have GDB installed? That obliges
>> > users to pick up the mouse and click `No' instead of just hitting RET.
>> > If you try to answer `Yes' you just get into trouble: That provokes a
>> > Microsoft error, letting you send lots of interesting info to MS for
>> > `GNU Emacs: The extensible self-documenting text editor'. I.e., `Yes'
>> > => Microsoft dialog box: `Send Error Report' or `Don't Send'.
[...]
> FWIW, I don't think trying to detect whether GDB is installed when
> displaying that dialog is a reasonable request. That dialog is
> displayed when Emacs is already in bad trouble, so embarking on a
> non-trivial journey trying to find gdb.exe somewhere on the system,
> which involves issuing quite a few system calls, doesn't sound like a
> good idea.
But presumably Emacs has to do the `executable-find' thing to call gdb,
anyway? And ending up in a situation where we're offering to send a bug
report to Microsoft sounds less than optimal...
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-28 9:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-28 16:52 bug#7507: 24.0.50; GDB dialog: default should not be `Yes' if GDB is not installed Drew Adams
2016-04-27 22:56 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-04-28 0:09 ` Drew Adams
2016-04-28 5:20 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-28 9:38 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2016-04-28 11:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-04-28 11:15 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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