[Bug 1891818] [NEW] Guile scripting support is not enabled in Ubuntu's build of GDB

[Apteryx]

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-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
Original-Maintainer: Héctor Orón Martínez <zumbi at 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

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Title:
  Guile scripting support is not enabled in Ubuntu's build of GDB

Status in gdb package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  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-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com>
  Original-Maintainer: Héctor Orón Martínez <zumbi at 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.

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