From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#18113: Ambiguity in etc/DEBUG Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:11:54 +0000 Message-ID: <20140726121154.GA4570@acm.acm> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1406377535 8782 80.91.229.3 (26 Jul 2014 12:25:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:25:35 +0000 (UTC) To: 18113@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 26 14:25:28 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1XB12U-0004SI-E6 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:25:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58849 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XB12U-00059Q-1z for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 08:25:26 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38363) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XB12H-00058S-E8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 08:25:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XB127-0003yy-JS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 08:25:13 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:43394) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XB127-0003yX-Fx for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 08:25:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XB127-0000fO-2N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 08:25:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Alan Mackenzie Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:25:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 18113 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.14063774472460 (code B ref -1); Sat, 26 Jul 2014 12:25:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Jul 2014 12:24:07 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38660 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XB11C-0000dY-25 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 08:24:06 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:36520) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XB119-0000cy-Et for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 08:24:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XB10u-0003kb-Ka for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 08:23:58 -0400 Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:39298) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XB10u-0003kX-IW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 08:23:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38193) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XB10n-0004e6-35 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 08:23:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XB10d-0003iR-C9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 08:23:41 -0400 Original-Received: from colin.muc.de ([193.149.48.1]:16249 helo=mail.muc.de) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XB10d-0003iJ-5s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 08:23:31 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 2892 invoked by uid 3782); 26 Jul 2014 12:16:48 -0000 Original-Received: from acm.muc.de (pD951A8CE.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.81.168.206]) by colin.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:16:47 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 4597 invoked by uid 1000); 26 Jul 2014 12:11:54 -0000 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.12 (Macallan) X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: FreeBSD 8.x X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:91828 Archived-At: Hi, Emacs. In etc/DEBUG is written: When you debug Emacs with GDB, you should start it in the directory where the executable was made (the 'src' directory in the Emacs source tree). That directory has a .gdbinit file that defines various "user-defined" commands for debugging Emacs. It is unclear to me whether the "it" that should be starting in src is Emacs or gdb itself. I think that "it" should be replaced by either "Emacs" or "GDB". -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).