commit 7694b1dc04c253a8b1c14740a1ef20f13114cd34
Author: Jehan <jehan@girinstud.io>
Date:   Mon Jan 6 21:09:37 2025 +0100

    Issue #12640: run in-build GIMP binary through a debugger when gdb is available.
    
    It is not in fact a fix for #12640, only an improvement to our build
    script, wrapping our calls to GIMP executables and outputting a
    backtrace on a crash. This way, when people report issues during one of
    the relevant calls, we may be able to diagnose.
    
    It won't be useful for other types of failures (when the process doesn't
    crash, but e.g. the script is wrong or other non-fatal bugs in GIMP).

diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e1b7450805..6c155a9bf4 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1951,7 +1951,8 @@ subdir('app-tools')
 # tool.
 
 gimp_run_env=environment()
-gimp_run_env.set('GIMP_GLOBAL_BUILD_ROOT', meson.global_build_root())
+gimp_run_env.set('GIMP_GLOBAL_BUILD_ROOT',  meson.global_build_root())
+gimp_run_env.set('GIMP_GLOBAL_SOURCE_ROOT', meson.global_source_root())
 
 if meson.can_run_host_binaries() and have_gobject_introspection
   if enable_console_bin
diff --git a/tools/debug-in-build-gimp.py b/tools/debug-in-build-gimp.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7225a7c4e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/debug-in-build-gimp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+def my_signal_handler (event):
+  if (isinstance(event, gdb.SignalEvent)):
+    gdb.write("Eeeeeeeeeeeek: in-build GIMP crashed!\n")
+    gdb.execute('info threads')
+    gdb.execute("thread apply all backtrace full")
+
+gdb.events.stop.connect(my_signal_handler)
+gdb.execute("run")
diff --git a/tools/in-build-gimp.sh b/tools/in-build-gimp.sh
index b1254e7e98..913fd19c80 100755
--- a/tools/in-build-gimp.sh
+++ b/tools/in-build-gimp.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ if [ -n "$GIMP_TEMP_UPDATE_RPATH" ]; then
   unset IFS
 fi
 
-cat /dev/stdin | $GIMP_SELF_IN_BUILD "$@"
+if command -v gdb; then
+  echo RUNNING: cat /dev/stdin "|" gdb --batch -x "$GIMP_GLOBAL_SOURCE_ROOT/tools/debug-in-build-gimp.py" --args $GIMP_SELF_IN_BUILD "$@"
+  cat /dev/stdin | gdb --return-child-result --batch -x "$GIMP_GLOBAL_SOURCE_ROOT/tools/debug-in-build-gimp.py" --args $GIMP_SELF_IN_BUILD "$@"
+else
+  echo RUNNING: cat /dev/stdin "|" $GIMP_SELF_IN_BUILD "$@"
+  cat /dev/stdin | $GIMP_SELF_IN_BUILD "$@"
+fi
 
 if [ -n "$GIMP_TEMP_UPDATE_RPATH" ]; then
   export IFS=":"