From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-il1-x12d.google.com (mail-il1-x12d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::12d]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6C6093858D39 for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2022 17:04:28 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 6C6093858D39 Received: by mail-il1-x12d.google.com with SMTP id i1so4523149ilu.6 for ; Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:04:28 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:mime-version :content-transfer-encoding; bh=pUS2Ck64m6/WTX9uhSGg97c62H7hdtPOrO7Wk2KsVmg=; b=jHcwI61ZaTl8fNYvi/Xj0Te6ymIshn4IYfl2KhiAnbgHj42wEwmhtCKpCYReUcTvX4 31Co+CrLONdckJD7kTIlznW/6jFxZ2AU4qBNraIhQEZfYudSF5cdcGrGNLpSCH/22+3w cwSm2M/WuUHrxNLQBoZBX351761uaeH3UgnuatQEFRsuReLAYaz5+cmOLGvb4I+xd8EA Vxv7D5O5luar0MB4TcZBSaG9x9SEXYEKfkQgKBDECjsOM6Knq8KxdbNR7NEzk1Mr8fVe WaOTAFilr4KYXINeFkFHUV1bc38oAyz4bgY5nviNhSssq1Nxyl/jGSzp5Zm67K27jojl 8qTA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532e/zrLDHfEMZJRWLCxb89D08QAKgmgdLm19YXujM3Ewzh8jJKp nuK8flJ83znxDvCc+3V8tcnHT2Uc8jyWeQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw0vbLqDUOolwJFd2KGjgju6lMtGInKhE/1pfaqhxcJnify4qGeAjCr+v0WpuRBHut8aMl5ag== X-Received: by 2002:a92:c243:0:b0:2c1:c5f5:bf5f with SMTP id k3-20020a92c243000000b002c1c5f5bf5fmr33015855ilo.243.1646327067730; Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:04:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from murgatroyd.Home (75-166-141-253.hlrn.qwest.net. [75.166.141.253]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id l16-20020a5ed810000000b006454c2e65e7sm2684495iok.51.2022.03.03.09.04.27 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:04:27 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Tromey To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Cc: Tom Tromey Subject: [RFC] Deprecate dbx mode Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2022 10:04:25 -0700 Message-Id: <20220303170425.467663-1-tromey@adacore.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-11.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, GIT_PATCH_0, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb-patches@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb-patches mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 17:04:29 -0000 GDB has a dbx emulation mode that adds a few aliases and helper commands. This mode is barely documented and is very superficial besides. I suspect it is rarely used, and I would like to propose deprecating it for GDB 12, and then removing it in GDB 13. --- gdb/NEWS | 2 ++ gdb/main.c | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS index dc2cac1871b..0b75a4a50bd 100644 --- a/gdb/NEWS +++ b/gdb/NEWS @@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ *** Changes since GDB 11 +* DBX mode is deprecated, and will be removed in GDB 13 + * Improved C++ template support GDB now treats functions/types involving C++ templates like it does function diff --git a/gdb/main.c b/gdb/main.c index 8f944d86545..73fdff25018 100644 --- a/gdb/main.c +++ b/gdb/main.c @@ -1028,6 +1028,9 @@ captured_main_1 (struct captured_main_args *context) } } + if (dbx_commands) + warning (_("--dbx mode is deprecated and will be removed")); + save_original_signals_state (quiet); /* Try to set up an alternate signal stack for SIGSEGV handlers. */ -- 2.34.1