[Bug-wget] Running Wget through gdb in the tests

[Ander Juaristi]

Hi,

I usually find useful to run Wget through gdb while running the tests, so that 
I can see in real time how Wget performs internally under the test. Here's what 
I do:

  1. In WgetTests.pm, make WGETPATH point to gdb:

    our $WGETPATH = '/usr/bin/gdb';

  2. Pick some test and change the cmdline:

    my $cmdline = $WgetTest::WGETPATH . " ~/path/to/my/wget";

  3. Run the test normally:

    $ ./Test-iri-disabled.px
    (gdb) break url_parse

  4. Figure out which port is the Perl HTTP server listening on:

    $ netstat -lp | grep perl | awk '{ print $4 }' | cut -d: -f2

  5. Run Wget, and let it pass the test, while stopping at breakpoints, viewing 
variables, etc:

    (gdb) run --no-iri -nH -r http://localhost:<port>

And I feel smart and happy this way :D

But I wonder if there's a not-so-hackish way of wrapping Wget into gdb when 
running the tests. I mean, is there a feature in the tests themselves that 
allows this? Would be a great feature.

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Regards,
- AJ