* main.c (gdb_datadir_provided): New static global.
authorDoug Evans <dje@google.com>
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:43:39 +0000 (19:43 +0000)
committerDoug Evans <dje@google.com>
Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:43:39 +0000 (19:43 +0000)
(get_init_files): If --data-directory is provided,
and SYSTEM_GDBINIT lives in data-directory, look for it there.
* NEWS: Mention it.

doc/
* gdb.texinfo (System-wide configuration): If the system-wide init
file lives in the data-directory, and --data-directory is provided,
look for it there.

gdb/ChangeLog
gdb/NEWS
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
gdb/main.c

index 1aeafec34ec178f86347bf96d5687f6e81619491..0b79e910614531b0a384790243766339647b1def 100644 (file)
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2012-11-16  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
+
+       * main.c (gdb_datadir_provided): New static global.
+       (get_init_files): If --data-directory is provided,
+       and SYSTEM_GDBINIT lives in data-directory, look for it there.
+       * NEWS: Mention it.
+
 2012-11-15  Pierre Muller  <muller@sourceware.org>
 
        ARI fixes: move gdb_wait and gdb_stat headers to common subdirectory.
index 93752189da013fd91c7b14190b36473f90a25ce3..5e3f54dd15a79d9a10307e76bd3c65ed2c1db695 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 
 *** Changes since GDB 7.5
 
+* If the configured location of system.gdbinit file (as given by the
+  --with-system-gdbinit option at configure time) is in the
+  data-directory (as specified by --with-gdb-datadir at configure
+  time) or in one of its subdirectories, then GDB will look for the
+  system-wide init file in the directory specified by the
+  --data-directory command-line option.
+
 * New command line options:
 
 -nh   Disables auto-loading of ~/.gdbinit, but still executes all the
index a7746819a9fd49690b10a9efc601a647f6d8399c..8fda5d50060248994c07516ae8c49d4179341717 100644 (file)
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2012-11-16  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
+
+       * gdb.texinfo (System-wide configuration): If the system-wide init
+       file lives in the data-directory, and --data-directory is provided,
+       look for it there.
+
 2012-11-15  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
        * gdb.texinfo (Signaling): Fix typo.
index 945a66b227e0e95f9166a2752681d2d20a8c63de..80148f7d3f51b26faca56dcc4f95f23f068da03f 100644 (file)
@@ -34765,6 +34765,17 @@ then @value{GDBN} will always look for @file{/usr/share/gdb/gdbinit},
 wherever @value{GDBN} is installed.
 @end itemize
 
+If the configured location of the system-wide init file (as given by the
+@option{--with-system-gdbinit} option at configure time) is in the
+data-directory (as specified by @option{--with-gdb-datadir} at configure
+time) or in one of its subdirectories, then @value{GDBN} will look for the
+system-wide init file in the directory specified by the
+@option{--data-directory} command-line option.
+Note that the system-wide init file is only read once, during @value{GDBN}
+initialization.  If the data-directory is changed after @value{GDBN} has
+started with the @code{set data-directory} command, the file will not be
+reread.
+
 @node Maintenance Commands
 @appendix Maintenance Commands
 @cindex maintenance commands
index 923a7fea04029297fc86f0af2b980c3c156da94d..57fe94f95cd958716d35a2e6f00f8bca46c530a0 100644 (file)
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ char *gdb_sysroot = 0;
 /* GDB datadir, used to store data files.  */
 char *gdb_datadir = 0;
 
+/* Non-zero if GDB_DATADIR was provided on the command line.
+   This doesn't track whether data-directory is set later from the
+   command line, but we don't reread system.gdbinit when that happens.  */
+static int gdb_datadir_provided = 0;
+
 /* If gdb was configured with --with-python=/path,
    the possibly relocated path to python's lib directory.  */
 char *python_libdir = 0;
@@ -163,13 +168,38 @@ get_init_files (char **system_gdbinit,
   if (!initialized)
     {
       struct stat homebuf, cwdbuf, s;
-      char *homedir, *relocated_sysgdbinit;
+      char *homedir;
 
       if (SYSTEM_GDBINIT[0])
        {
-         relocated_sysgdbinit = relocate_path (gdb_program_name,
-                                               SYSTEM_GDBINIT,
-                                               SYSTEM_GDBINIT_RELOCATABLE);
+         int datadir_len = strlen (GDB_DATADIR);
+         int sys_gdbinit_len = strlen (SYSTEM_GDBINIT);
+         char *relocated_sysgdbinit;
+
+         /* If SYSTEM_GDBINIT lives in data-directory, and data-directory
+            has been provided, search for SYSTEM_GDBINIT there.  */
+         if (gdb_datadir_provided
+             && datadir_len < sys_gdbinit_len
+             && strncmp (SYSTEM_GDBINIT, GDB_DATADIR, datadir_len) == 0
+             && strchr (SLASH_STRING, SYSTEM_GDBINIT[datadir_len]) != NULL)
+           {
+             /* Append the part of SYSTEM_GDBINIT that follows GDB_DATADIR
+                to gdb_datadir.  */
+             char *tmp_sys_gdbinit = xstrdup (SYSTEM_GDBINIT + datadir_len);
+             char *p;
+
+             for (p = tmp_sys_gdbinit; strchr (SLASH_STRING, *p); ++p)
+               continue;
+             relocated_sysgdbinit = concat (gdb_datadir, SLASH_STRING, p,
+                                            NULL);
+             xfree (tmp_sys_gdbinit);
+           }
+         else
+           {
+             relocated_sysgdbinit = relocate_path (gdb_program_name,
+                                                   SYSTEM_GDBINIT,
+                                                   SYSTEM_GDBINIT_RELOCATABLE);
+           }
          if (relocated_sysgdbinit && stat (relocated_sysgdbinit, &s) == 0)
            sysgdbinit = relocated_sysgdbinit;
          else
@@ -591,6 +621,7 @@ captured_main (void *data)
          case 'D':
            xfree (gdb_datadir);
            gdb_datadir = xstrdup (optarg);
+           gdb_datadir_provided = 1;
            break;
 #ifdef GDBTK
          case 'z':