Need GWP review (was RFC: Remove gdb complaints from gdbinit.in)

[Diego Novillo <dnovillo at redhat dot com>]

Diego Novillo wrote on 11/29/06 14:11:

> I think this is more aggravating than helpful.  It fills with crud my 
> screen and from what I've heard in various places, it's not clear 
> whether it's a gdb or a gcc bug.
>
> Regardless of where the bug is, it certainly is very aggravating and I 
> don't really see its usefulness.
>
> Any strong objections to this patch?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> 	* gdbinit.in: Disable complaints
>
> Index: gdbinit.in
> ===================================================================
> --- gdbinit.in  (revision 119149)
> +++ gdbinit.in  (working copy)
> @@ -136,10 +136,7 @@
>   # Put a breakpoint on internal_error to help with debugging ICEs.
>   b internal_error
>
> -# Make gdb complain about symbol reading errors.  This is so that gcc
> -# developers can see and fix bugs in gcc debug output.
> -set complaints 20
> -
> +set complaints 0
>   # Don't let abort actually run, as it will make
>   # stdio stop working and therefore the `pr' command above as well.
>   # Put this last because gcc does not reference it any more unless

Could a GWP maintainer comment on this patch?  An informal poll on IRC 
didn't produce any strong objections to the idea.  But I think only GWP 
maintainers can actually approve this.


Thanks.