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| author | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2011-05-13 22:36:07 +0000 |
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| committer | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2011-05-13 22:36:07 +0000 |
| commit | 98a5dd1327030f71f3bd23c7c3c3d87ca1e3fac4 (patch) | |
| tree | 908689ee6bf3aefdb37ec0b3dd94b9c82c410e97 /gdb/NEWS | |
| parent | dbaefcf75732d6b779c408d71b79173176140296 (diff) | |
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Support $pdir and $sdir in libthread-db-search-path.
* NEWS: Mention $sdir,$pdir.
* gdb_thread_db.h (LIBTHREAD_DB_SEARCH_PATH): Add $sdir:$pdir.
* linux-thread-db.c (try_thread_db_load_from_pdir): New function.
(try_thread_db_load_from_sdir): New function.
(try_thread_db_load_from_dir): New function.
(thread_db_load_search): Handle $pdir, $sdir. Remove trying of
system directories if search of libthread-db-search-path fails,
that is now done via $sdir.
(has_libpthread): New function.
(thread_db_load): Remove search for libthread_db in directory of
libpthread, that is now done via $pdir.
gdbserver/
* thread-db.c (try_thread_db_load_from_sdir): New function.
(try_thread_db_load_from_dir): New function.
(thread_db_load_search): Handle $sdir, ignore $pdir.
Remove trying of system directories if search of
libthread-db-search-path fails, that is now done via $sdir.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Threads): Document $sdir,$pdir.
(Server): Document $pdir exception.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/NEWS')
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@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@ *** Changes since GDB 7.3 +* libthread-db-search-path now supports two special values: $sdir and $pdir. + $sdir specifies the default system locations of shared libraries. + $pdir specifies the directory where the libpthread used by the application + lives. + + GDB no longer looks in $sdir and $pdir after it has searched the directories + mentioned in libthread-db-search-path. If you want to search those + directories, they must be specified in libthread-db-search-path. + The default value of libthread-db-search-path on GNU/Linux and Solaris + systems is now "$sdir:$pdir". + + $pdir is not supported by gdbserver, it is currently ignored. + $sdir is supported by gdbserver. + * New configure option --with-iconv-bin. When using the internationalization support like the one in the GNU C library, GDB will invoke the "iconv" program to get a list of supported |