GNU bug report logs - #21521
24.5; pdb default suggested command

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stefano Pacifico <github <at> pacifico.cc>

Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 07:23:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefano Pacifico <github <at> pacifico.cc>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 21521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21521: 24.5; pdb default suggested command
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 14:24:37 -0400

> On Sep 23, 2015, at 2:28 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> 
>> From: Stefano Pacifico <github <at> pacifico.cc>
>> Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:20:42 -0400
>> Cc: 21521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> 
>> Because it does not seem that standard distributions of Python install a `pdb` executable script in standard PATH locations. This wiki, for example, https://wiki.python.org/moin/EmacsEditor suggests creating the link manually. 
>> 
>> On the other hand, all distributions of Python come with the `pdb.py` module available by default, so `python -m pdb` should always work. 
> 
> Is this a Python-only problem or are there other debuggers supported
> by GUD with similar issues?

In the context of the debuggers supported by GUD, at first glance Python is the only one, although I haven’t tried them all.
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