bug#61973: closed (M-x gdb ends up with infinite prompts before starting the process)

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starting the process
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regarding M-x gdb ends up with infinite prompts before starting the process
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> M-x gdb ends up with infinite prompts before starting the process
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> Sun, 5 Mar 2023 03:13:35 +0200
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> 1. Run compiled 'emacs' from 'src'.
> 2. M-x gdb
> 3. Answer prompt: Run gdb (like this): gdb -i=mi ./emacs
> 4. See this prompt repeated indefinitely, no matter what I answer:
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> This GDB supports auto-downloading debuginfo from the following URLs:
> https://debuginfod.ubuntu.com
> Enable debuginfod for this session? (y or [n]) Please answer y or [n].
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> (Emacs 29, more or less latest.)
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> > Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2023 00:48:59 +0200
> > Cc: 61973@debbugs.gnu.org
> > From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
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> > > Could you please try the patch below?  I don't have access to a system
> > > where GDB can actually download the files from debuginfod servers, so
> > > I could test this only partially.  Please test all the 3 possible
> > > values of the new defcustom gdb-debuginfod-enable-setting.  TIA.
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> > Looking good! Thank you.
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> Thanks, installed, and closing the bug.
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> > I have tries all 3 possible values, and the behavior looks as expected. 
> > With 't', I even see a small delay when launching the process, 
> > presumably from contacting some debuginfo server.
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> > I haven't been able to verify that the debuginfo stuff is actually 
> > working (nor sure where to look), but the basic functionality is now okay.
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> Apparently, if you do:
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>   set debuginfo verbose 1
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> (probably in your ~/.gdbinit file or somesuch, so that it is set from
> the beginning of the session), it is supposed to show you messages
> about downloading.  But this is documented to be 1 by default, so
> maybe you don't see it because gdb-mi.el "swallows" those messages?
> Try from the shell prompt and see if you get any messages.  They are
> supposed to begin with "Downloading".  I think the download will only
> happen if you debug a program whose sources and/or debug info are not
> available locally.
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