[Gdb] gdb 5.2.1: canonicalized filenames

[Michael Livshin]

gdb 5.2.1's filename canonicalization is very unhelpful to me.  

this is because it shortens ClearCase filenames like
'/view/my_view/stuff/...' to '/my_view/stuff/...' when the current
ClearCase view is "my_view".

while technically correct, this "helpful" behaviour messes up my way
of working: I run gdb under Emacs, and the Emacs I run it under wasn't
started in "my_view".  it would be very inconvenient to start Emacs
afresh for each debugging session in the appropriate view (I routinely
work with 2 or 3 views at the same time).

so, is there any way to tell gdb *not* to canonicalize filenames?

thanks,
--m

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                -- Marvin