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| author | Patrick Palka <patrick@parcs.ath.cx> | 2015-05-12 06:50:26 -0400 |
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| committer | Patrick Palka <patrick@parcs.ath.cx> | 2015-06-17 14:12:19 -0400 |
| commit | bc460514b9db46a491c2c39cd118b02608742968 (patch) | |
| tree | f69ab69c50811c321f6e2d66a04ceca2ffb766e1 /gdb/doc | |
| parent | b58c513b7932cfb9852d66e07282b9c2379197ed (diff) | |
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Tweak the handling of $GDBHISTSIZE edge cases [PR gdb/16999]
When GDB reads a nonsensical value for the GDBHISTSIZE environment
variable, i.e. one that is non-numeric or negative, GDB then sets its
history size to 0. This behavior is annoying and also inconsistent
with the behavior of bash.
This patch makes the behavior of invalid GDBHISTSIZE consistent with how
bash handles HISTSIZE. When we encounter a null or out-of-range
GDBHISTSIZE (outside of [0, INT_MAX]) we now set the history size to
unlimited instead of 0. When we encounter a non-numeric GDBHISTSIZE we
do nothing.
gdb/ChangeLog:
PR gdb/16999
* NEWS: Mention new GDBHISTSIZE behavior.
* top.c (init_history): For null or out-of-range GDBHISTSIZE,
set history size to unlimited. Ignore non-numeric GDBHISTSIZE.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
PR gdb/16999
* gdb.texinfo (Command History): Mention new GDBHISTSIZE
behavior.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
PR gdb/16999
* gdb.base/gdbhistsize-history.exp: New test.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 9 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index ed51387..d38550a 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@ 2015-06-17 Patrick Palka <patrick@parcs.ath.cx> + PR gdb/16999 + * gdb.texinfo (Command History): Mention new GDBHISTSIZE + behavior. + +2015-06-17 Patrick Palka <patrick@parcs.ath.cx> + * gdb.texinfo (Command History): Replace occurrences of HISTSIZE with GDBHISTSIZE. diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index e02f92e..9889b69 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -22639,10 +22639,11 @@ Stop recording command history in a file. @item set history size @var{size} @itemx set history size unlimited Set the number of commands which @value{GDBN} keeps in its history list. -This defaults to the value of the environment variable -@code{GDBHISTSIZE}, or to 256 if this variable is not set. If @var{size} -is @code{unlimited}, the number of commands @value{GDBN} keeps in the -history list is unlimited. +This defaults to the value of the environment variable @env{GDBHISTSIZE}, or +to 256 if this variable is not set. Non-numeric values of @env{GDBHISTSIZE} +are ignored. If @var{size} is @code{unlimited} or if @env{GDBHISTSIZE} is a +negative number, the number of commands @value{GDBN} keeps in the history list +is unlimited. @end table History expansion assigns special meaning to the character @kbd{!}. |