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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/inferior.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/inferior.h | 42 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/inferior.h b/gdb/inferior.h index fff072b..d33a01a 100644 --- a/gdb/inferior.h +++ b/gdb/inferior.h @@ -257,6 +257,25 @@ extern void notice_new_inferior (ptid_t, int, int); extern struct value *get_return_value (struct value *function, struct type *value_type); +/* Whether to start up the debuggee under a shell. + + If startup-with-shell is set, GDB's "run" will attempt to start up + the debuggee under a shell. + + This is in order for argument-expansion to occur. E.g., + + (gdb) run * + + The "*" gets expanded by the shell into a list of files. + + While this is a nice feature, it may be handy to bypass the shell + in some cases. To disable this feature, do "set startup-with-shell + false". + + The catch-exec traps expected during start-up will be one more if + the target is started up with a shell. */ +extern int startup_with_shell; + /* Address at which inferior stopped. */ extern CORE_ADDR stop_pc; @@ -346,25 +365,12 @@ struct displaced_step_closure *get_displaced_step_closure_by_addr (CORE_ADDR add #define ON_STACK 1 #define AT_ENTRY_POINT 4 -/* If STARTUP_WITH_SHELL is set, GDB's "run" - will attempts to start up the debugee under a shell. - This is in order for argument-expansion to occur. E.g., - (gdb) run * - The "*" gets expanded by the shell into a list of files. - While this is a nice feature, it turns out to interact badly - with some of the catch-fork/catch-exec features we have added. - In particular, if the shell does any fork/exec's before - the exec of the target program, that can confuse GDB. - To disable this feature, set STARTUP_WITH_SHELL to 0. - To enable this feature, set STARTUP_WITH_SHELL to 1. - The catch-exec traps expected during start-up will - be 1 if target is not started up with a shell, 2 if it is. - - RT - If you disable this, you need to decrement - START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED in tm.h. */ -#define STARTUP_WITH_SHELL 1 +/* Number of traps that happen between exec'ing the shell to run an + inferior and when we finally get to the inferior code, not counting + the exec for the shell. This is 1 on most implementations. + Overridden in nm.h files. */ #if !defined(START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED) -#define START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED 2 +#define START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED 1 #endif struct private_inferior; |