Re: gdb adds random filename to command

[Nick Roberts]

 > I loaded a lisp file like this "emacs -l foo.lisp" at the command line.
 > That file contained one line:
 > (setq gud-gdb-command-name "gdb --annotate=3 /tmp/foo")
 >
 > When I tried to run gdb using M-x gdb, it added a random filename from
 > the working directory to the end of the gdb command like this:
 > gdb --annotate=3 foo randomfilename

That's because it tries now to guess the name of the executable that you
want to debug.

 > Although it's possible, I'm doing something wrong, the behavior is
 > different with older versions of emacs.

It looks like gud-gdb-command-name wasn't documented in earlier Emacsen but
it is now:

  Documentation:
  Default command to execute an executable under the GDB debugger.

It's also mentioned in the Emacs manual now.  I suggest that you leave it at
it's default value and type in the name of the executable.

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Nick                                           http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob