Re: 23.0.60; gdb not running the program first time around

[Nick Roberts <nickrob@snap.net.nz>]

 > Just to confirm that the patch still works ok - the only issue where it 
 > appears to get confused - though I've not verified whether the pre-patch 
 > code also had this issue - is when gdb crashes - then a M-x gdb restarts 
 > the debugger but doesn't produce a prompt until you press return

OK, thanks for getting back.  I've only applied the patch to trunk (which I
think you have anyway) because it causes problems to gud-gdb which need to be
investigated.

Gdb crashing should be a rare occurance but the problem coincidentally seems
to be solved by Stefan Monnier's recent patch.  If you're updating in CVS
you can get it that way, otherwise it's reproduced below.

-- 
Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob


--- orig/lisp/progmodes/gdb-ui.el
+++ mod/lisp/progmodes/gdb-ui.el
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
 (defvar gdb-prompting nil
   "True when gdb is idle with no pending input.")
 
-(defvar gdb-output-sink 'user
+(defvar gdb-output-sink nil
   "The disposition of the output of the current gdb command.
 Possible values are these symbols:
 
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@
   (local-set-key "\C-i" 'gud-gdb-complete-command)
   (setq comint-prompt-regexp "^(.*gdb[+]?) *")
   (setq paragraph-start comint-prompt-regexp)
+  (setq gdb-output-sink 'user)
   (setq gdb-first-prompt t)
   (setq gud-running nil)
   (setq gdb-ready nil)