Only pass --args to gdb if its new enough to handle it.

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.gna.org/svn/gnustep/tools/make/trunk@17970 72102866-910b-0410-8b05-ffd578937521

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-10-25 00:50  Alexander Malmberg <alexander@malmberg.org>
+
+	* debugapp.in: Only pass --args to gdb if its new enough to handle
+	it. Based on patch from Ian Jones.
+
 Fri Oct 24 15:54:41 2003  Nicola Pero  <n.pero@mi.flashnet.it>
 
 	* Instance/Documentation/texi.make (internal-doc-clean): Remove

debugapp.in

@@ -205,14 +205,21 @@ fi
   if [ $GNUSTEP_HOST_OS = nextstep4 ]; then
     "$GDB" -connect TextEdit "$file_appname" "$corearg"
   else
+    # Old versions of gdb don't support --args, so we only use it if
+    # 'gdb --help' lists it.
+    args=
+    if (gdb --help | grep -e --args > /dev/null); then
+	args="--args"
+    fi
+
     if [ -z "$corearg" ]; then
 
        # Arguments passed to debugapp are passed over to the
        # application, in the same way as it happens for openapp.
-       "$GDB" --args "$file_appname" "$@"
+       "$GDB" $args "$file_appname" "$@"
      else
        "$GDB" "$file_appname" "$corearg"
      fi
   fi
 
-fi
+fi