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diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo index 44e652a..c90af05 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo @@ -7647,6 +7647,33 @@ different gdbserver. make check RUNTESTFLAGS="GDB=/usr/bin/gdb GDBSERVER=/usr/bin/gdbserver" @end smallexample +@item @code{INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS} + +When running the testsuite normally one doesn't want whatever is in +@file{~/.gdbinit} to interfere with the tests, therefore the test harness +passes @option{-nx} to @value{GDBN}. One also doesn't want any windowed +version of @value{GDBN}, e.g., @command{gdbtui}, to run. +This is achieved via @code{INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS}. + +@smallexample +set INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS "-nw -nx" +@end smallexample + +This is all well and good, except when testing an installed @value{GDBN} +that has been configured with @option{--with-system-gdbinit}. Here one +does not want @file{~/.gdbinit} loaded but one may want the system +@file{.gdbinit} file loaded. This can be achieved by pointing @code{$HOME} +at a directory without a @file{.gdbinit} and by overriding +@code{INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS} and removing @option{-nx}. + +@smallexample +cd testsuite +HOME=`pwd` runtest \ + GDB=/usr/bin/gdb \ + GDBSERVER=/usr/bin/gdbserver \ + INTERNAL_GDBFLAGS=-nw +@end smallexample + @end itemize There are two ways to run the testsuite and pass additional parameters |