From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-wm1-f44.google.com (mail-wm1-f44.google.com [209.85.128.44]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D86DD3858D20 for ; Thu, 3 Mar 2022 17:36:58 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org D86DD3858D20 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=palves.net Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Received: by mail-wm1-f44.google.com with SMTP id q7-20020a7bce87000000b00382255f4ca9so5258596wmj.2 for ; Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:36:58 -0800 (PST) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:message-id:date:mime-version:user-agent:subject :content-language:to:references:from:in-reply-to :content-transfer-encoding; bh=oqzV0SByGRNxMxURRTKeFTRgWQTSc3FUvCGe5QIiUF0=; b=NeBU6hAw1FHa6F6ElncEyQsfDs5JvAZjUam9hio76TRFmUiMfVfPM14Hd420aCFN3E 1/JbJeV/nwvAVDVeoKq+krhRszbCa1pYpI3hmdhfDU8tXTNQ3ZYPsydjBOF3il5BCiLF VUL9S5jo36y7V/nY5BXhjedGgx2dHSkY7Cb80XT8yvwZCzoccXOO3zKdJYFxFqqCF6Zv IF2wCl9eFReUpCBixj9VH5VCoj9Ps12Inv4ICJNmzeyQnOXSNBvsSKtGN5wGogumw+QV 82E15ceMQ/Z5wQDdbktohRH7CYjjzKvnoAgFsIBlYY6Z9t7fb9KPZxc60O0bnPYAbAPa d5ng== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533hK8JYvclduvzQSSjsLoxttvcWib1Oocwqxc0Z5bjLmBwVYP2T 9IqdPyxR4mcFq1O0Q/JuGhM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJxYaHKIC6uY+7S9fTuoUAMkxLQco3ljijSVXZ4r37bxr6Az4u0KnWLq75iXlXXaHLi2DGh2hA== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:1905:0:b0:34f:477e:8850 with SMTP id 5-20020a1c1905000000b0034f477e8850mr4637452wmz.131.1646329017693; Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:36:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?IPV6:2001:8a0:f924:2600:209d:85e2:409e:8726? ([2001:8a0:f924:2600:209d:85e2:409e:8726]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a3-20020a7bc1c3000000b00380e493660esm9036092wmj.42.2022.03.03.09.36.56 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:36:56 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <481bef24-a3f3-8d43-c46b-49e383a1f33a@palves.net> Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2022 17:36:51 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.6.1 Subject: Re: [RFC] Deprecate dbx mode Content-Language: en-US To: Tom Tromey , gdb-patches@sourceware.org References: <20220303170425.467663-1-tromey@adacore.com> From: Pedro Alves In-Reply-To: <20220303170425.467663-1-tromey@adacore.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN, FREEMAIL_FROM, GIT_PATCH_0, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, 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 17:37:01 -0000 +1. Honestly, I've never heard of anyone using this mode. May want to announce this in the more user-facing gdb list, just in case, though. Pedro Alves On 2022-03-03 17:04, Tom Tromey via Gdb-patches wrote: > 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. */