Public bug reported: Guile is the standard extension language of the GNU project, yet GDB (which is the GNU Debugger) in Ubuntu doesn't include support for it, which is unfortunate. I'd like to request that its support be enabled in the GDB build of Ubuntu/Debian.
$ gdb (gdb) guile (display "hello world!\n") Guile scripting is not supported in this copy of GDB. $ apt show gdb Package: gdb Version: 9.1-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: devel Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Héctor Orón Martínez <zu...@debian.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 9,759 kB Provides: gdb-minimal (= 9.1-0ubuntu1) Depends: libbabeltrace1 (>= 1.5.4), libc6 (>= 2.29), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20110809), libmpfr6 (>= 3.1.3), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpython3.8 (>= 3.8.0~a1), libreadline8 (>= 8), libstdc++6 (>= 7), libtinfo6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0) Recommends: libc-dbg, libcc1-0, gdbserver Suggests: gdb-doc Conflicts: gdb Replaces: gdb, gdb-doc (<< 7.8-1~) Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/s/gdb/ Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop Download-Size: 3,218 kB APT-Manual-Installed: no APT-Sources: http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages Description: GNU Debugger GDB is a source-level debugger, capable of breaking programs at any specific line, displaying variable values, and determining where errors occurred. Currently, gdb supports C, C++, D, Objective-C, Fortran, Java, OpenCL C, Pascal, assembly, Modula-2, Go, and Ada. A must-have for any serious programmer. ** Affects: gdb (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1891818 Title: Guile scripting support is not enabled in Ubuntu's build of GDB To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdb/+bug/1891818/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
