Subject: [bug#61486] [PATCH] system: Update skeleton gdbinit.

From: Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2023 08:43:09 +0200

On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 11:34:39PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hi Efraim,
> 
> Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]> skribis:
> 
> > * gnu/system/shadow.scm (default-skeleton): Update gdbinit to also
> > search for debug packages in guix-home.
> > (skeleton-directory): Move .gdbinit to .config/gdb/gdbinit.
> 
> [...]
> 
> >  (use-modules (gdb))
> >  (execute (string-append \"set debug-file-directory \"
> >                          (or (getenv \"GDB_DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY\")
> > -                            \"~/.guix-profile/lib/debug\")))
> > +                            \"~/.guix-profile/lib/debug\"
> > +                            \"~/.guix-home/profile/lib/debug\")))
> 
> This won’t have the desired effect:
> 
> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> scheme@(guile-user)> (or #f "a" "b")
> $10 = "a"
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
> 
> Perhaps we should check with ‘file-exists?’ which one to pick, probably
> giving higher precedence to ~/.guix-home/profile since Guix Home users
> might have both (I do).
> 
> > +                       (when (file-exists? ".gdbinit")
> > +                         (mkdir-p ".config/gdb")
> > +                         (rename-file ".gdbinit" ".config/gdb/gdbinit"))
> 
> I couldn’t believe it so I had to check the manual and yes, GDB does
> look for ~/.config/gdb/gdbinit!  Incredible.

Now with a new and improved version 2!

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From: Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 20:56:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH v2] system: Update skeleton gdbinit.

* gnu/system/shadow.scm (default-skeleton): Update gdbinit to search for
more debug packages in guix-home and the system profile.
(skeleton-directory): Move .gdbinit to .config/gdb/gdbinit.
---
 gnu/system/shadow.scm | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/system/shadow.scm b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
index 445a72e2f5..2bd72d3e96 100644
--- a/gnu/system/shadow.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/shadow.scm
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2013-2020, 2022 Ludovic Courtès <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Alex Griffin <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <[email-masked]>
-;;; Copyright © 2020 Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>
+;;; Copyright © 2020, 2023 Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>
 ;;; Copyright © 2020 Maxim Cournoyer <[email-masked]>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -168,8 +168,16 @@ (define (default-skeletons)
 guile
 (use-modules (gdb))
 (execute (string-append \"set debug-file-directory \"
-                        (or (getenv \"GDB_DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY\")
-                            \"~/.guix-profile/lib/debug\")))
+                        (string-join
+                          (filter file-exists?
+                                  (append
+                                    (if (getenv \"GDB_DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY\")
+                                      (list (getenv \"GDB_DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY\"))
+                                      '())
+                                    (list \"~/.guix-home/profile/lib/debug\"
+                                          \"~/.guix-profile/lib/debug\"
+                                          \"/run/current-system/profile/lib/debug\")))
+                          \":\")))
 end
 
 # Authorize extensions found in the store, such as the
@@ -228,6 +236,9 @@ (define (skeleton-directory skeletons)
                        (when (file-exists? ".nanorc")
                          (mkdir-p ".config/nano")
                          (rename-file ".nanorc" ".config/nano/nanorc"))
+                       (when (file-exists? ".gdbinit")
+                         (mkdir-p ".config/gdb")
+                         (rename-file ".gdbinit" ".config/gdb/gdbinit"))
                        #t))))
 
 (define (find-duplicates list)

base-commit: f9925ad9c4b30ef7fe5fdb7b3ad93e1940d40cd3
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