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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2026-02-19 10:41:31 +0100 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2026-02-27 23:54:00 +0100 |
| commit | a1611ced6de6e58ec77641281a49ed368d7d8cef (patch) | |
| tree | 36b942e2d7f0923c7136ed6f49cd0b984a2714d0 | |
| parent | 1892626390bac09f8942519c20cae4ace1758275 (diff) | |
system: gdbinit: Save command history by default.
By default, GDB does not save history. This improves on the default.
* gnu/system/shadow.scm (%default-gdbinit): Add ‘set history’ commands.
(gdb-history-placeholder): New variable.
(default-skeletons): Add it.
Change-Id: Ie3f9c26098066b4bd896b0593546015a1b429209
Signed-off-by: Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
Merges: #6559
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/system/shadow.scm | 17 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/shadow.scm b/gnu/system/shadow.scm index aa7aec782fa..f0749972d2c 100644 --- a/gnu/system/shadow.scm +++ b/gnu/system/shadow.scm @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU -;;; Copyright © 2013-2020, 2022-2023, 2025 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> +;;; Copyright © 2013-2020, 2022-2023, 2025-2026 Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> ;;; Copyright © 2016 Alex Griffin <a@ajgrf.com> ;;; Copyright © 2020 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org> ;;; Copyright © 2020, 2023 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> @@ -211,7 +211,13 @@ XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true\n")) (define %default-gdbinit (plain-file "gdbinit" - "# Tell GDB where to look for separate debugging files. + "\ +# Record command history. +set history filename ~/.cache/gdb/history +set history save on +set history size 50000 + +# Tell GDB where to look for separate debugging files. guile (use-modules (gdb)) (execute (string-append \"set debug-file-directory \" @@ -291,6 +297,12 @@ for a colorful Guile experience.\\n\\n\"))))\n")) home-config")) +(define gdb-history-placeholder + ;; Since GDB will not create ~/.cache/gdb by itself when attempting to save + ;; its history file, add a placeholder that ensures this directory exists. + (plain-file "gdb-history" + "# GDB command history.\n")) + (define (default-skeletons) "Return the default skeleton files for /etc/skel. These files are copied by 'useradd' in the home directory of newly created user accounts." @@ -308,6 +320,7 @@ home-config")) (".Xdefaults" ,xdefaults) (".guile" ,%default-dotguile) (".config/gdb/gdbinit" ,gdbinit) + (".cache/gdb/history" ,gdb-history-placeholder) ("guix-home-config.scm" ,%default-skeleton-home-config)))) (define (skeleton-directory skeletons) |