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| author | Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> | 2009-04-23 21:28:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> | 2009-04-23 21:28:20 +0000 |
| commit | b14b1491f237a685a00ba669fb8410ae9ee7f648 (patch) | |
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gdb
2009-04-23 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* configure, config.in: Regenerate.
* configure.ac: Support for relocatable GDB datadir. Use
GDB_AC_WITH_DIR. Always define TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT_RELOCATABLE.
* acinclude.m4 (GDB_AC_WITH_DIR): New defun.
* top.c (init_main): Add "set data-directory".
* defs.h (gdb_datadir): Declare.
* main.c (gdb_datadir): New global.
(captured_main): Initialize gdb_datadir. Use relocate_directory.
(relocate_path): New function.
(relocate_directory): Likewise.
(get_init_files): Use relocate_path.
(README): Mention --with-gdb-datadir.
gdb/doc
2009-04-23 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Data Files): New node.
(GDB Files): Update menu.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 4c41b50..e0f7a66 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-04-23 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Data Files): New node. + (GDB Files): Update menu. + 2009-04-23 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com> * gdbint.texinfo (Defining Other Architecture Features): Remove diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 2cdac20..53fecf3 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -12734,6 +12734,7 @@ program. To debug a core dump of a previous run, you must also tell * Files:: Commands to specify files * Separate Debug Files:: Debugging information in separate files * Symbol Errors:: Errors reading symbol files +* Data Files:: GDB data files @end menu @node Files @@ -13568,6 +13569,36 @@ it. @end table +@node Data Files +@section GDB Data Files + +@cindex prefix for data files +@value{GDBN} will sometimes read an auxiliary data file. These files +are kept in a directory known as the @dfn{data directory}. + +You can set the data directory's name, and view the name @value{GDBN} +is currently using. + +@table @code +@kindex set data-directory +@item set data-directory @var{directory} +Set the directory which @value{GDBN} searches for auxiliary data files +to @var{directory}. + +@kindex show data-directory +@item show data-directory +Show the directory @value{GDBN} searches for auxiliary data files. +@end table + +@cindex default data directory +@cindex @samp{--with-gdb-datadir} +You can set the default data directory by using the configure-time +@samp{--with-gdb-datadir} option. If the data directory is inside +@value{GDBN}'s configured binary prefix (set with @samp{--prefix} or +@samp{--exec-prefix}), then the default data directory will be updated +automatically if the installed @value{GDBN} is moved to a new +location. + @node Targets @chapter Specifying a Debugging Target |