Re: .gdbinit files in the repository

[Andrew Cagney <andrew.cagney%gmail.com@localhost>]

On Tue, 22 Nov 2022 at 11:49, Thomas Klausner <wiz%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Should these files be there?
>
> /usr/src> find . -name .gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/binutils/dist/gprof/.gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/binutils.old/dist/gprof/.gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/gdb/dist/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gdbinit-history/unlimited/.gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/gdb/dist/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gdbinit-history/zero/.gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/gdb/dist/sim/ppc/.gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/gdb/dist/gprof/.gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/gdb.old/dist/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gdbinit-history/unlimited/.gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/gdb.old/dist/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gdbinit-history/zero/.gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/gdb.old/dist/sim/ppc/.gdbinit
> ./external/lgpl3/gmp/dist/.gdbinit
>
> Looks to me like they should be deleted by the *2netbsd import preparation scripts.

Is there a problem?  For instance, removing
gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gdbinit-history/unlimited/.gdbinit would break
that test (if someone were to desire to run it).

On Tue, 22 Nov 2022 at 11:49, Thomas Klausner <wiz%netbsd.org@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> Should these files be there?
>
> /usr/src> find . -name .gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/binutils/dist/gprof/.gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/binutils.old/dist/gprof/.gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/gdb/dist/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gdbinit-history/unlimited/.gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/gdb/dist/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gdbinit-history/zero/.gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/gdb/dist/sim/ppc/.gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/gdb/dist/gprof/.gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/gdb.old/dist/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gdbinit-history/unlimited/.gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/gdb.old/dist/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/gdbinit-history/zero/.gdbinit
> ./external/gpl3/gdb.old/dist/sim/ppc/.gdbinit
> ./external/lgpl3/gmp/dist/.gdbinit
>
> Looks to me like they should be deleted by the *2netbsd import preparation scripts.
>
> Ok to remove?
>  Thomas