无法加载runtime-gdb.py

Question

I'm trying to debug a program written using Go inside eclipse. I can set and hit breakpoints pretty consistently, but I cannot view the contents of my variables. When I start debugging the program, I always get the following error on my console.

warning: File "/usr/local/go/src/pkg/runtime/runtime-gdb.py" auto-loading has been declined by your `auto-load safe-path' set to "$debugdir:$datadir/auto-load". To enable execution of this file add add-auto-load-safe-path /usr/local/go/src/pkg/runtime/runtime-gdb.py line to your configuration file "/home/johnlawrie/.gdbinit". To completely disable this security protection add set auto-load safe-path / line to your configuration file "/home/johnlawrie/.gdbinit". For more information about this security protection see the "Auto-loading safe path" section in the GDB manual. E.g., run from the shell: info "(gdb)Auto-loading safe path"

Thinking that the problem might be due to the error message, I put the entry into my .gdbinit file as instructed. However, I get the same message every time I run as if I did nothing at all. This is the contents of my /home/johnlawrie/.gdbinit file

add-auto-load-safe-path /usr/local/go/src/pkg/runtime/runtime-gdb.py

Any ideas what I need to do to make this change take effect? I have tried logged off and back in.

Thanks, John Lawrie

Answer 1

It did learn what was happening. When gdb is started from Eclipse/CDT, it is started with option -nx, which means it doesn't load .gdbinit in the home directory.

I was able to get this to work by creating a .gdbinit file as a peer to the src, bin, and pkg directories in my workspace and adding the following line to it

set auto-load safe-path /usr/local/go/