Fix python command for updating GEF #913
Description
GEF+GDB version
gef➤ version
GEF: (Standalone)
Blob Hash(/home/pwn-0-dev/.gef-2b72f5d0d9f0f218a91cd1ca5148e45923b950d5.py): 8dc57b700e3c1c85822449033a01c94dfae9e4a6
SHA256(/home/pwn-0-dev/.gef-2b72f5d0d9f0f218a91cd1ca5148e45923b950d5.py): 63d3e10d38a367c3e4d37de8e0701bcdff2a4e7c9a0a4ec5d83ccb8b2fe6188d
GDB: 12.1
GDB-Python: 3.10Operating System
Ubuntu 22.04.1
Describe the issue you encountered
The command python3 ~/.gef-2b72f5d0d9f0f218a91cd1ca5148e45923b950d5.py --update for updating GEF brings the below error;
pwn-0-dev@ubuntu:~$ python3 ~/.gef-2b72f5d0d9f0f218a91cd1ca5148e45923b950d5.py --update
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pwn-0-dev/.gef-2b72f5d0d9f0f218a91cd1ca5148e45923b950d5.py", line 117, in <module>
import gdb # type:ignore
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'gdb'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pwn-0-dev/.gef-2b72f5d0d9f0f218a91cd1ca5148e45923b950d5.py", line 121, in <module>
sys.exit(update_gef(sys.argv[2:]))
File "/home/pwn-0-dev/.gef-2b72f5d0d9f0f218a91cd1ca5148e45923b950d5.py", line 103, in update_gef
ver = "dev" if "--dev" in argv else GEF_DEFAULT_BRANCH
NameError: name 'GEF_DEFAULT_BRANCH' is not definedThis issue has been fixed in the GitHub repo but the download link for both curl and wget and retrieving un-updated file.
Do you read the docs and look at previously closed issues/PRs for similar cases?
Yes
Architecture impacted
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- X64
- ARM
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- MIPS64
- PPC
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