From 9fd078128c401695243bda6fbc844039b049d528 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Misomosi <misomosispi@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 19:53:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Eanble auto-load & coredumps on SIGSEGV

---
 .bashrc   | 14 +++++++++++++-
 .gdbinit  |  5 ++++-
 README.md | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index f1a57cb..4e8bba6 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
+function gdb-posix () {
+	# Producing coredumps on segfaults is usually what I want by default
+	if [ ! -f .breakpoints ] ; then echo '
+catch signal SIGSEGV
+commands
+gcore core.latest
+end
+' >.breakpoints ; fi
+	gdb "$@"
+}
 export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/.local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-alias gdb="gdb -ex 'source .breakpoints'"
 
+# This is equivalent to 'auto-load' but with '.breakpoints'
+# Remove this as well if you don't like 'auto-load'
+alias gdb="gdb-posix -ex 'source .breakpoints'"
diff --git a/.gdbinit b/.gdbinit
index 72e86ea..74956e0 100644
--- a/.gdbinit
+++ b/.gdbinit
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
+# I don't mind auto-load, surprisingly enough.
+# If I start debugging, I've probably executed build scripts
+# and/or intend to run the program itself locally anyways.
+set auto-load safe-path /
 define hook-quit
 save breakpoints .breakpoints
 end
-
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9b8fad..e9ea56e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ set -g mode-keys vi
 
 ## .gdbinit
 ```
+# I don't mind auto-load, surprisingly enough.
+# If I start debugging, I've probably executed build scripts
+# and/or intend to run the program itself locally anyways.
+set auto-load safe-path /
 define hook-quit
 save breakpoints .breakpoints
 end
@@ -40,9 +44,22 @@ end
 ## .bashrc or similar
 
 ```
+function gdb-posix () {
+	# Producing coredumps on segfaults is usually what I want by default
+	if [ ! -f .breakpoints ] ; then echo '
+catch signal SIGSEGV
+commands
+gcore core.latest
+end
+' >.breakpoints ; fi
+	gdb "$@"
+}
 export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$HOME/.local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
-alias gdb="gdb -ex 'source .breakpoints'"
+
+# This is equivalent to 'auto-load' but with '.breakpoints'
+# Remove this as well if you don't like 'auto-load'
+alias gdb="gdb-posix -ex 'source .breakpoints'"
 ```
 
 ## .ssh config
-- 
2.49.1