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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 4ca49a86..e11285c 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,9 @@ +2009-01-28 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com> + Jerome Guitton <guitton@adacore.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Startup): Document --with-system-gdbinit. + (System-wide configuration): New section. + 2009-01-26 Pedro Alves <pedro@codesourcery.com> PR gdb/7580: diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index e827bef..213438d 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -1211,7 +1211,13 @@ Sets up the command interpreter as specified by the command line @item @cindex init file -Reads the @dfn{init file} (if any) in your home directory@footnote{On +Reads the system-wide @dfn{init file} (if @option{--with-system-gdbinit} was +used when building @value{GDBN}; @pxref{System-wide configuration, + ,System-wide configuration and settings}) and executes all the commands in +that file. + +@item +Reads the init file (if any) in your home directory@footnote{On DOS/Windows systems, the home directory is the one pointed to by the @code{HOME} environment variable.} and executes all the commands in that file. @@ -1244,6 +1250,9 @@ complaints}) that affect subsequent processing of command line options and operands. Init files are not executed if you use the @samp{-nx} option (@pxref{Mode Options, ,Choosing Modes}). +To display the list of init files loaded by gdb at startup, you +can use @kbd{gdb --help}. + @cindex init file name @cindex @file{.gdbinit} @cindex @file{gdb.ini} @@ -24317,6 +24326,7 @@ Then give @file{gdb.dvi} to your @sc{dvi} printing program. * Separate Objdir:: Compiling @value{GDBN} in another directory * Config Names:: Specifying names for hosts and targets * Configure Options:: Summary of options for configure +* System-wide configuration:: Having a system-wide init file @end menu @node Requirements @@ -24659,6 +24669,42 @@ There is no convenient way to generate a list of all available hosts. There are many other options available as well, but they are generally needed for special purposes only. +@node System-wide configuration +@section System-wide configuration and settings +@cindex system-wide init file + +@value{GDBN} can be configured to have a system-wide init file; +this file will be read and executed at startup (@pxref{Startup, , What +@value{GDBN} does during startup}). + +Here is the corresponding configure option: + +@table @code +@item --with-system-gdbinit=@var{file} +Specify that the default location of the system-wide init file is +@var{file}. +@end table + +If @value{GDBN} has been configured with the option @option{--prefix=$prefix}, +it may be subject to relocation. Two possible cases: + +@itemize @bullet +@item +If the default location of this init file contains @file{$prefix}, +it will be subject to relocation. Suppose that the configure options +are @option{--prefix=$prefix --with-system-gdbinit=$prefix/etc/gdbinit}; +if @value{GDBN} is moved from @file{$prefix} to @file{$install}, the system +init file is looked for as @file{$install/etc/gdbinit} instead of +@file{$prefix/etc/gdbinit}. + +@item +By contrast, if the default location does not contain the prefix, +it will not be relocated. E.g.@: if @value{GDBN} has been configured with +@option{--prefix=/usr/local --with-system-gdbinit=/usr/share/gdb/gdbinit}, +then @value{GDBN} will always look for @file{/usr/share/gdb/gdbinit}, +wherever @value{GDBN} is installed. +@end itemize + @node Maintenance Commands @appendix Maintenance Commands @cindex maintenance commands |