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Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 12:29:57 +0300
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Python enabled gdb on Windows and relocation
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> Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 11:09:13 +0200
> From: Ruben Van Boxem <vanboxem.ruben@gmail.com>
> Cc: gdb@sourceware.org, python-list@python.org
> 
> 1. Check hardcoded path; my suggestion would be "<gdb executable>/../lib/python27"
> 2. If this fails to find the necessary files/scripts, find it like you
> described above in Linux, without PYTHONPATH set.
> 3. Check PYTHONPATH.
> 
> I would think only number one would change, and perhaps be only
> enabled with a special configure option. Nothing else would have to
> change, and Windows users would rejoice :)

The problem, I think, is that it's not so easy on Unix to get the
place where the GDB executable leaves.  There isn't a system call to
do that (similar to what Windows gives you).

So I think on Posix platforms, number 2 would be used most of the
time.