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authorJan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>2016-04-06 15:57:08 +0200
committerJan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>2016-04-06 15:57:08 +0200
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Print the "file" command suggestion in exec_file_locate_attach
currently: $ gdbserver-7.9 :1234 true & $ gdb -q -ex 'target remote :1234' # that -q is not relevant here Remote debugging using :1234 warning: Could not load vsyscall page because no executable was specified try using the "file" command first. 0x00007ffff7ddcc80 in ?? () (gdb) b main No symbol table is loaded. Use the "file" command. Make breakpoint pending on future shared library load? (y or [n]) _ Provide more suggestive message to use the "file" command. gdb/ChangeLog 2016-04-06 Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com> Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * exec.c (exec_file_locate_attach): Print warning for unsupported target_pid_to_exec_file. * symfile-mem.c (add_vsyscall_page): Remove the "file" command message part.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/exec.c')
-rw-r--r--gdb/exec.c8
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/exec.c b/gdb/exec.c
index 90811c0..a10ab9b 100644
--- a/gdb/exec.c
+++ b/gdb/exec.c
@@ -151,7 +151,13 @@ exec_file_locate_attach (int pid, int from_tty)
/* Try to determine a filename from the process itself. */
exec_file = target_pid_to_exec_file (pid);
if (exec_file == NULL)
- return;
+ {
+ warning (_("No executable has been specified and target does not "
+ "support\n"
+ "determining executable automatically. "
+ "Try using the \"file\" command."));
+ return;
+ }
/* If gdb_sysroot is not empty and the discovered filename
is absolute then prefix the filename with gdb_sysroot. */