Should "dir" override the full path encoded in debug info?

>>>>> "Joel" == Joel Brobecker
<brobeckeradacore.com> writes:

 >> I think that's a bug, but the fix for the bug
won't make you any
 >> happier - if told to fix it, I'd probably make
the compilation
 >> directory be searched first.  But don't quote me
on that; I
 >> haven't looked at this code in a while (I have
another bug to fix
 >> in it but it takes me so long to re-internalize
how it works that
 >> I haven't done it yet).

 Joel> That's what I thought too. I don't think it's a
big deal
 Joel> because our setup is probably pretty rare. I'll
see about the
 Joel> new rewrite command. Any suggestion on the name of
that new
 Joel> command and its syntax. Something like this?

 Joel> (gdb) rewrite-source-path old-pattern new-pattern

 Joel> Or rewrite-source-dir. It's a bit on the longer
side, but can't
 Joel> find any better name. Help!

I called it "source-substitution" but
"rewrite-source-path" is
clearer.  I wouldn't make it
"rewrite-source-dir". At least in my
case, it's a rewrite of the entire name, so (in theory at
elast) it
could rewrite the filename.  In our case that hasn't been
needed but
why disallow it?

    paul