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24.5; pdb default suggested command

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Message #31 received at 21521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 21521 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefano Pacifico <github <at> pacifico.cc>
Subject: Re: bug#21521: 24.5; pdb default suggested command
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2019 04:40:32 +0200

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Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:
>
> > +(defcustom gud-pdb-command-name
> > +  (if (executable-find "pdb") "pdb" "python -m pdb")
> >    "File name for executing the Python debugger.
> >  This should be an executable on your path, or an absolute file name."
> >    :type 'string
>
> "python -m pdb" doesn't seem to be "an executable on your path, or an
> absolute file name", so I think the docstring needs updating too
> (assuming this setting does actually work).

You are correct.  The attached patch fixes this and adds a version tag.

Thanks,
Stefan Kangas

[0001-Use-python-m-pdb-when-pdb-is-missing-in-M-x-pdb.patch (application/octet-stream, attachment)]

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