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From: Tom H. <to...@co...> - 2012-11-27 17:48:39
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On 27/11/12 17:42, Alex Chiang wrote: > * Tom Hughes <to...@co...>: >> On 27/11/12 00:57, Alex Chiang wrote: > >>> So I add a new command line parameter, --include-debugsyms-path, >>> and it tells valgrind to search a user-supplied path *in >>> addition* to the existing well-known search paths. >> >> I think it would be more flexible if valgrind just looked directly >> in the directory specified by the switch, rather than adding >> /usr/lib/debug to it > > This sentence makes sense to me... > > You're saying, "instead of prepending /usr/lib/debug, just search > whereever --include-debugsyms-path= points to, directly". All append rather than prepend, but yes. >> you can still do that by adding that to the >> switch value and other people get the benefit of just being able to >> say "this is where my debug files are". > > But I'm a bit confused by this part. What does "still do that by > adding that to the switch value" mean? I mean you would give /my/root/usr/lib/debug as the switch value in your use case. Tom -- Tom Hughes (to...@co...) http://compton.nu/ |