+2019-10-29 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
+
+ * NEWS: Mention new --with-system-gdbinit-dir option.
+ * config.in: Regenerate.
+ * configure: Regenerate.
+ * configure.ac: Add new option --with-system-gdbinit-dir.
+ * extension.c (get_ext_lang_of_file): Return extension_language_gdb
+ for a ".gdb" suffix.
+ * main.c (get_init_files): Change system_gdbinit argument to
+ a vector and return the files in SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR in
+ addition to SYSTEM_GDBINIT.
+ (captured_main_1): Update.
+ (print_gdb_help): Update.
+ * top.c (print_gdb_configuration): Also print the value of
+ SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR.
+
2019-10-28 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
* gdbsupport/common-utils.h (startswith): Add an overloaded version
The 'outer_function::' prefix is only needed if 'inner_function' is
not visible in the current scope.
+* In addition to the system-wide gdbinit file, if configured with
+ --with-system-gdbinit-dir, GDB will now also load files in that directory
+ as system gdbinit files, unless the -nx or -n flag is provided. Files
+ with extensions .gdb, .py and .scm are supported as long as GDB was
+ compiled with support for that language.
+
* Python API
** The gdb.Value type has a new method 'format_string' which returns a
/* automatically load a system-wide gdbinit file */
#undef SYSTEM_GDBINIT
+/* automatically load system-wide gdbinit files from this directory */
+#undef SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR
+
+/* Define if the system-gdbinit-dir directory should be relocated when GDB is
+ moved. */
+#undef SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR_RELOCATABLE
+
/* Define if the system-gdbinit directory should be relocated when GDB is
moved. */
#undef SYSTEM_GDBINIT_RELOCATABLE
SER_HARDWIRE
WERROR_CFLAGS
WARN_CFLAGS
+SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR
SYSTEM_GDBINIT
TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT
CONFIG_LDFLAGS
with_included_regex
with_sysroot
with_system_gdbinit
+with_system_gdbinit_dir
enable_werror
enable_build_warnings
enable_gdb_build_warnings
--with-sysroot[=DIR] search for usr/lib et al within DIR
--with-system-gdbinit=PATH
automatically load a system-wide gdbinit file
+ --with-system-gdbinit-dir=PATH
+ automatically load system-wide gdbinit files from
+ this directory
--with-lzma support lzma compression (auto/yes/no)
--with-liblzma-prefix[=DIR] search for liblzma in DIR/include and DIR/lib
--without-liblzma-prefix don't search for liblzma in includedir and libdir
+# Check whether --with-system-gdbinit-dir was given.
+if test "${with_system_gdbinit_dir+set}" = set; then :
+ withval=$with_system_gdbinit_dir;
+ SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR=$withval
+else
+ SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR=
+fi
+
+
+ test "x$prefix" = xNONE && prefix="$ac_default_prefix"
+ test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE && exec_prefix='${prefix}'
+ ac_define_dir=`eval echo $SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR`
+ ac_define_dir=`eval echo $ac_define_dir`
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR "$ac_define_dir"
+_ACEOF
+
+
+
+
+ if test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE || test "x$exec_prefix" = 'x${prefix}'; then
+ if test "x$prefix" = xNONE; then
+ test_prefix=/usr/local
+ else
+ test_prefix=$prefix
+ fi
+ else
+ test_prefix=$exec_prefix
+ fi
+ value=0
+ case ${ac_define_dir} in
+ "${test_prefix}"|"${test_prefix}/"*|\
+ '${exec_prefix}'|'${exec_prefix}/'*)
+ value=1
+ ;;
+ esac
+
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR_RELOCATABLE $value
+_ACEOF
+
+
+
+
+
# Check whether --enable-werror was given.
if test "${enable_werror+set}" = set; then :
enableval=$enable_werror; case "${enableval}" in
GDB_AC_WITH_DIR(SYSTEM_GDBINIT, system-gdbinit,
[automatically load a system-wide gdbinit file],
[])
+GDB_AC_WITH_DIR(SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR, system-gdbinit-dir,
+ [automatically load system-wide gdbinit files from this directory],
+ [])
AM_GDB_WARNINGS
AM_GDB_UBSAN
+2019-10-29 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
+
+ * Makefile.in: Also set SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR for the info manual
+ generation.
+ * gdb.texinfo (many sections): Document new --with-system-gdbinit-dir
+ option.
+
2019-10-23 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* Makefile.in (READLINE_DIR): Update.
INSTALL_DATA = @INSTALL_DATA@
SYSTEM_GDBINIT = @SYSTEM_GDBINIT@
+SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR = @SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR@
mkinstalldirs = $(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../../mkinstalldirs
if [ -n "$(SYSTEM_GDBINIT)" ]; then \
echo "@set SYSTEM_GDBINIT $(SYSTEM_GDBINIT)" >> ./GDBvn.new; \
fi
+ if [ -n "$(SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR)" ]; then \
+ echo "@set SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR $(SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR)" >> ./GDBvn.new; \
+ fi
mv GDBvn.new GDBvn.texi
version.subst: $(gdbdir)/version.in $(gdbdir)/../bfd/version.h
configure option (@pxref{System-wide configuration}).
It is loaded first when @value{GDBN} starts, before command line options
have been processed.
+@item @file{system.gdbinit.d}
+This is the system-wide init directory.
+Its location is specified with the @code{--with-system-gdbinit-dir}
+configure option (@pxref{System-wide configuration}).
+Files in this directory are loaded in alphabetical order immediately after
+system.gdbinit (if enabled) when @value{GDBN} starts, before command line
+options have been processed. Files need to have a recognized scripting
+language extension (@file{.py}/@file{.scm}) or be named with a @file{.gdb}
+extension to be interpreted as regular @value{GDBN} commands. @value{GDBN}
+will not recurse into any subdirectories of this directory.
@item @file{~/.gdbinit}
This is the init file in your home directory.
It is loaded next, after @file{system.gdbinit}, and before
@cindex init file
Reads the system-wide @dfn{init file} (if @option{--with-system-gdbinit} was
used when building @value{GDBN}; @pxref{System-wide configuration,
- ,System-wide configuration and settings}) and executes all the commands in
-that file.
+ ,System-wide configuration and settings}) and the files in the system-wide
+gdbinit directory (if @option{--with-system-gdbinit-dir} was used) and executes
+all the commands in those files. The files need to be named with a @file{.gdb}
+extension to be interpreted as @value{GDBN} commands, or they can be written
+in a supported scripting language with an appropriate file extension.
@anchor{Home Directory Init File}
@item
@end table
+@ifset SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR
+This setting is not used for files in the system-wide gdbinit directory.
+Files in that directory must have an extension matching their language,
+or have a @file{.gdb} extension to be interpreted as regular @value{GDBN}
+commands. @xref{Startup}.
+@end ifset
+
@node Sequences
@section Canned Sequences of Commands
another location after being built, the location of the system-wide
init file will be adjusted accordingly.
+@item --with-system-gdbinit-dir=@var{directory}
+Configure @value{GDBN} to automatically load init files from a
+system-wide directory. @var{directory} should be an absolute directory
+name. If @var{directory} is in a directory under the configured
+prefix, and @value{GDBN} is moved to another location after being
+built, the location of the system-wide init directory will be
+adjusted accordingly.
+
@item --enable-build-warnings
When building the @value{GDBN} sources, ask the compiler to warn about
any code which looks even vaguely suspicious. It passes many
@section System-wide configuration and settings
@cindex system-wide init file
-@value{GDBN} can be configured to have a system-wide init file;
-this file will be read and executed at startup (@pxref{Startup, , What
-@value{GDBN} does during startup}).
+@value{GDBN} can be configured to have a system-wide init file and a
+system-wide init file directory; this file and files in that directory
+(if they have a recognized file extension) will be read and executed at
+startup (@pxref{Startup, , What @value{GDBN} does during startup}).
-Here is the corresponding configure option:
+Here are the corresponding configure options:
@table @code
@item --with-system-gdbinit=@var{file}
Specify that the default location of the system-wide init file is
@var{file}.
+@item --with-system-gdbinit-dir=@var{directory}
+Specify that the default location of the system-wide init file directory
+is @var{directory}.
@end table
If @value{GDBN} has been configured with the option @option{--prefix=$prefix},
-it may be subject to relocation. Two possible cases:
+they may be subject to relocation. Two possible cases:
@itemize @bullet
@item
-If the default location of this init file contains @file{$prefix},
+If the default location of this init file/directory contains @file{$prefix},
it will be subject to relocation. Suppose that the configure options
are @option{--prefix=$prefix --with-system-gdbinit=$prefix/etc/gdbinit};
if @value{GDBN} is moved from @file{$prefix} to @file{$install}, the system
started with the @code{set data-directory} command, the file will not be
reread.
+This applies similarly to the system-wide directory specified in
+@option{--with-system-gdbinit-dir}.
+
+Any supported scripting language can be used for these init files, as long
+as the file extension matches the scripting language. To be interpreted
+as regular @value{GDBN} commands, the files needs to have a @file{.gdb}
+extension.
+
@menu
* System-wide Configuration Scripts:: Installed System-wide Configuration Scripts
@end menu
@value{SYSTEM_GDBINIT}
@end ifset
+@ifset SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR
+@value{SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR}/*
+@end ifset
+
~/.gdbinit
./.gdbinit
the @value{GDBN} manual in node @code{System-wide configuration}
-- shell command @code{info -f gdb -n 'System-wide configuration'}.
@end ifset
+@ifset SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR
+@item @value{SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR}
+@end ifset
+@ifclear SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR
+@item (not enabled with @code{--with-system-gdbinit-dir} during compilation)
+@end ifclear
+System-wide initialization directory. All files in this directory are
+executed on startup unless user specified @value{GDBN} option @code{-nx} or
+@code{-n}, as long as they have a recognized file extension.
+See more in
+@ifset man
+the @value{GDBN} manual in node @code{System-wide configuration}
+-- shell command @code{info -f gdb -n 'System-wide configuration'}.
+@end ifset
@ifclear man
@ref{System-wide configuration}.
@end ifclear
int i;
const struct extension_language_defn *extlang;
+ if (has_extension (file, extension_language_gdb.suffix))
+ return &extension_language_gdb;
+
ALL_EXTENSION_LANGUAGES (i, extlang)
{
if (has_extension (file, extlang->suffix))
#include "event-top.h"
#include "infrun.h"
#include "gdbsupport/signals-state-save-restore.h"
+#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
#include "gdbsupport/pathstuff.h"
#include "cli/cli-style.h"
otherwise. */
static std::string
-relocate_gdbinit_path_maybe_in_datadir (const std::string& file)
+relocate_gdbinit_path_maybe_in_datadir (const std::string &file,
+ bool relocatable)
{
size_t datadir_len = strlen (GDB_DATADIR);
}
else
{
- relocated_path = relocate_path (gdb_program_name,
- file.c_str (),
- SYSTEM_GDBINIT_RELOCATABLE);
+ relocated_path = relocate_path (gdb_program_name, file.c_str (),
+ relocatable);
}
return relocated_path;
}
to be loaded, then SYSTEM_GDBINIT (resp. HOME_GDBINIT and
LOCAL_GDBINIT) is set to the empty string. */
static void
-get_init_files (std::string *system_gdbinit,
+get_init_files (std::vector<std::string> *system_gdbinit,
std::string *home_gdbinit,
std::string *local_gdbinit)
{
- static std::string sysgdbinit;
+ static std::vector<std::string> sysgdbinit;
static std::string homeinit;
static std::string localinit;
static int initialized = 0;
if (SYSTEM_GDBINIT[0])
{
std::string relocated_sysgdbinit
- = relocate_gdbinit_path_maybe_in_datadir (SYSTEM_GDBINIT);
+ = relocate_gdbinit_path_maybe_in_datadir
+ (SYSTEM_GDBINIT, SYSTEM_GDBINIT_RELOCATABLE);
if (!relocated_sysgdbinit.empty ()
&& stat (relocated_sysgdbinit.c_str (), &s) == 0)
- sysgdbinit = relocated_sysgdbinit;
+ sysgdbinit.push_back (relocated_sysgdbinit);
+ }
+ if (SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR[0])
+ {
+ std::string relocated_gdbinit_dir
+ = relocate_gdbinit_path_maybe_in_datadir
+ (SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR, SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR_RELOCATABLE);
+ if (!relocated_gdbinit_dir.empty ()) {
+ gdb_dir_up dir (opendir (relocated_gdbinit_dir.c_str ()));
+ if (dir != nullptr)
+ {
+ std::vector<std::string> files;
+ for (;;)
+ {
+ struct dirent *ent = readdir (dir.get ());
+ if (ent == nullptr)
+ break;
+ std::string name (ent->d_name);
+ if (name == "." || name == "..")
+ continue;
+ /* ent->d_type is not available on all systems (e.g. mingw,
+ Solaris), so we have to call stat(). */
+ std::string filename
+ = relocated_gdbinit_dir + SLASH_STRING + name;
+ if (stat (filename.c_str (), &s) != 0
+ || !S_ISREG (s.st_mode))
+ continue;
+ const struct extension_language_defn *extlang
+ = get_ext_lang_of_file (filename.c_str ());
+ /* We effectively don't support "set script-extension
+ off/soft", because we are loading system init files here,
+ so it does not really make sense to depend on a
+ setting. */
+ if (extlang != nullptr && ext_lang_present_p (extlang))
+ files.push_back (std::move (filename));
+ }
+ std::sort (files.begin (), files.end ());
+ sysgdbinit.insert (sysgdbinit.end (),
+ files.begin (), files.end ());
+ }
+ }
}
const char *homedir = getenv ("HOME");
/* Lookup gdbinit files. Note that the gdbinit file name may be
overridden during file initialization, so get_init_files should be
called after gdb_init. */
- std::string system_gdbinit;
+ std::vector<std::string> system_gdbinit;
std::string home_gdbinit;
std::string local_gdbinit;
get_init_files (&system_gdbinit, &home_gdbinit, &local_gdbinit);
processed; it sets global parameters, which are independent of
what file you are debugging or what directory you are in. */
if (!system_gdbinit.empty () && !inhibit_gdbinit)
- ret = catch_command_errors (source_script, system_gdbinit.c_str (), 0);
+ {
+ for (const std::string &file : system_gdbinit)
+ ret = catch_command_errors (source_script, file.c_str (), 0);
+ }
/* Read and execute $HOME/.gdbinit file, if it exists. This is done
*before* all the command line arguments are processed; it sets
static void
print_gdb_help (struct ui_file *stream)
{
- std::string system_gdbinit;
+ std::vector<std::string> system_gdbinit;
std::string home_gdbinit;
std::string local_gdbinit;
At startup, GDB reads the following init files and executes their commands:\n\
"), stream);
if (!system_gdbinit.empty ())
- fprintf_unfiltered (stream, _("\
- * system-wide init file: %s\n\
-"), system_gdbinit.c_str ());
+ {
+ std::string output;
+ for (size_t idx = 0; idx < system_gdbinit.size (); ++idx)
+ {
+ output += system_gdbinit[idx];
+ if (idx < system_gdbinit.size () - 1)
+ output += ", ";
+ }
+ fprintf_unfiltered (stream, _("\
+ * system-wide init files: %s\n\
+"), output.c_str ());
+ }
if (!home_gdbinit.empty ())
fprintf_unfiltered (stream, _("\
* user-specific init file: %s\n\
fprintf_filtered (stream, _("\
--with-system-gdbinit=%s%s\n\
"), SYSTEM_GDBINIT, SYSTEM_GDBINIT_RELOCATABLE ? " (relocatable)" : "");
+ if (SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR[0])
+ fprintf_filtered (stream, _("\
+ --with-system-gdbinit-dir=%s%s\n\
+"), SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR, SYSTEM_GDBINIT_DIR_RELOCATABLE ? " (relocatable)" : "");
/* We assume "relocatable" will be printed at least once, thus we always
print this text. It's a reasonably safe assumption for now. */
fprintf_filtered (stream, _("\n\
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