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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 7beb2c3f27..09229172b5 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -29919,6 +29919,20 @@ GDB}): From there on, GDB will pick up debugging information from the @file{.debug} files under @file{~/.guix-profile/lib/debug}. +Below is an alternative GDB script which is useful when working with +other profiles. It takes advantage of the optional Guile integration in +GDB. This snippet is included by default on Guix System in the +@file{~/.gdbinit} file. + +@example +guile +(use-modules (gdb)) +(execute (string-append "set debug-file-directory " + (or (getenv "GDB_DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY") + "~/.guix-profile/lib/debug"))) +end +@end example + In addition, you will most likely want GDB to be able to show the source code being debugged. To do that, you will have to unpack the source code of the package of interest (obtained with @code{guix build |