Rename "maint set python auto-load" to "set auto-load-scripts".

	* NEWS: Mention it.
	* python/py-auto-load.c (auto_load_scripts): Renamed from
	gdbpy_auto_load.
	(load_auto_scripts_for_objfile): Update.
	(gdbpy_initialize_auto_load): Rename "maint set python auto-load" to
	"set auto-load-scripts".

	doc/
	* gdb.texinfo (Startup): Document auto-loading of scripts during
	startup.
	(Auto-loading): Delete "maint set python auto-load on|off".
	Add "set auto-load-scripts on|off".

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index b14a856..48a381f 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2010-12-15  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
+
+       Rename "maint set python auto-load" to "set auto-load-scripts".
+       * NEWS: Mention it.
+       * python/py-auto-load.c (auto_load_scripts): Renamed from
+       gdbpy_auto_load.
+       (load_auto_scripts_for_objfile): Update.
+       (gdbpy_initialize_auto_load): Rename "maint set python auto-load" to
+       "set auto-load-scripts".
+
 2010-12-14  Kevin Buettner  <kevinb@redhat.com>
 
        * mips-tdep.c (mips_eabi_push_dummy_call): Place signed, rather

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index 559609b..67cd71e 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
 -data-directory DIR    Specify DIR as the "data-directory".
                        This is mostly for testing purposes.
 
+* The "maint set python auto-load on|off" command has been renamed to
+  "set auto-load-scripts on|off".
+
 * GDB has a new command: "set directories".
   It is like the "dir" command except that it replaces the
   source path list instead of augmenting it.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index c1d0e1c..df46a17 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2010-12-15  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
+
+       * gdb.texinfo (Startup): Document auto-loading of scripts during
+       startup.
+       (Auto-loading): Delete "maint set python auto-load on|off".
+       Add "set auto-load-scripts on|off".
+
 2010-12-07  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
 
        * gdb.texinfo (Mode Options): Document -data-directory.

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index dc9630a..0e1d553 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -1263,6 +1263,25 @@ to the program you are debugging, in the directory where you invoke
 @value{GDBN}.
 
 @item
+If the command line specified a program to debug, or a process to
+attach to, or a core file, @value{GDBN} loads any auto-loaded
+scripts provided for the program or for its loaded shared libraries.
+@xref{Auto-loading}.
+
+If you wish to disable the auto-loading during startup,
+you must do something like the following:
+
+@smallexample
+$ gdb -ex "set auto-load-scripts off" -ex "file myprogram"
+@end smallexample
+
+The following does not work because the auto-loading is turned off too late:
+
+@smallexample
+$ gdb -ex "set auto-load-scripts off" myprogram
+@end smallexample
+
+@item
 Reads command files specified by the @samp{-x} option.  @xref{Command
 Files}, for more details about @value{GDBN} command files.
 
@@ -23114,13 +23133,13 @@ debugging commands and scripts.
 Auto-loading can be enabled or disabled.
 
 @table @code
-@kindex maint set python auto-load
-@item maint set python auto-load [yes|no]
-Enable or disable the Python auto-loading feature.
+@kindex set auto-load-scripts
+@item set auto-load-scripts [yes|no]
+Enable or disable the auto-loading of Python scripts.
 
-@kindex maint show python auto-load
-@item maint show python auto-load
-Show whether Python auto-loading is enabled or disabled.
+@kindex show auto-load-scripts
+@item show auto-load-scripts
+Show whether auto-loading of Python scripts is enabled or disabled.
 @end table
 
 When reading an auto-loaded file, @value{GDBN} sets the

diff --git a/gdb/python/py-auto-load.c b/gdb/python/py-auto-load.c
index 538e06d..ae5dc74 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/python/py-auto-load.c
+++ b/gdb/python/py-auto-load.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
    This is true if we should auto-load python code when an objfile is opened,
    false otherwise.
 
-   Both gdbpy_auto_load && gdbpy_global_auto_load must be true to enable
+   Both auto_load_scripts && gdbpy_global_auto_load must be true to enable
    auto-loading.
 
    This flag exists to facilitate deferring auto-loading during start-up
@@ -82,10 +82,15 @@ struct loaded_script_entry
 };
 
 /* User-settable option to enable/disable auto-loading:
-   maint set python auto-load on|off
-   This is true if we should auto-load python code when an objfile is opened,
-   false otherwise.  */
-static int gdbpy_auto_load = 1;
+   set auto-load-scripts on|off
+   This is true if we should auto-load associated scripts when an objfile
+   is opened, false otherwise.
+   At the moment, this only affects python scripts, but there's no reason
+   one couldn't also have other kinds of auto-loaded scripts, and there's
+   no reason to have them each controlled by a separate flag.
+   So we elide "python" from the name here and in the option.
+   The fact that it lives here is just an implementation detail.  */
+static int auto_load_scripts = 1;
 
 /* Per-program-space data key.  */
 static const struct program_space_data *auto_load_pspace_data;
@@ -404,7 +409,7 @@ auto_load_new_objfile (struct objfile *objfile)
 void
 load_auto_scripts_for_objfile (struct objfile *objfile)
 {
-  if (gdbpy_auto_load && gdbpy_global_auto_load)
+  if (auto_load_scripts && gdbpy_global_auto_load)
     {
       auto_load_objfile_script (objfile, GDBPY_AUTO_FILE_NAME);
       auto_load_section_scripts (objfile, GDBPY_AUTO_SECTION_NAME);
@@ -471,14 +476,15 @@ gdbpy_initialize_auto_load (void)
 
   observer_attach_new_objfile (auto_load_new_objfile);
 
-  add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("auto-load", class_maintenance,
-                          &gdbpy_auto_load, _("\
-Enable or disable auto-loading of Python code when an object is opened."), _("\
-Show whether Python code will be auto-loaded when an object is opened."), _("\
-Enables or disables auto-loading of Python code when an object is opened."),
+  add_setshow_boolean_cmd ("auto-load-scripts", class_support,
+                          &auto_load_scripts, _("\
+Set the debugger's behaviour regarding auto-loaded scripts."), _("\
+Show the debugger's behaviour regarding auto-loaded scripts."), _("\
+If enabled, auto-loaded scripts are loaded when the debugger reads\n\
+an executable or shared library."),
                           NULL, NULL,
-                          &set_python_list,
-                          &show_python_list);
+                          &setlist,
+                          &showlist);
 
   add_cmd ("section-scripts", class_maintenance, maintenance_print_section_scripts,
           _("Print dump of auto-loaded section scripts matching REGEXP."),