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diff --git a/gdb/main.c b/gdb/main.c
index 59015f5..a9fc378 100644
--- a/gdb/main.c
+++ b/gdb/main.c
@@ -106,6 +106,41 @@ get_gdb_program_name (void)
static void print_gdb_help (struct ui_file *);
+/* Set the data-directory parameter to NEW_DATADIR.
+ If NEW_DATADIR is not a directory then a warning is printed.
+ We don't signal an error for backward compatibility. */
+
+void
+set_gdb_data_directory (const char *new_datadir)
+{
+ struct stat st;
+
+ if (stat (new_datadir, &st) < 0)
+ {
+ int save_errno = errno;
+
+ fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr, "Warning: ");
+ print_sys_errmsg (new_datadir, save_errno);
+ }
+ else if (!S_ISDIR (st.st_mode))
+ warning (_("%s is not a directory."), new_datadir);
+
+ xfree (gdb_datadir);
+ gdb_datadir = gdb_realpath (new_datadir);
+
+ /* gdb_realpath won't return an absolute path if the path doesn't exist,
+ but we still want to record an absolute path here. If the user entered
+ "../foo" and "../foo" doesn't exist then we'll record $(pwd)/../foo which
+ isn't canonical, but that's ok. */
+ if (!IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (gdb_datadir))
+ {
+ char *abs_datadir = gdb_abspath (gdb_datadir);
+
+ xfree (gdb_datadir);
+ gdb_datadir = abs_datadir;
+ }
+}
+
/* Relocate a file or directory. PROGNAME is the name by which gdb
was invoked (i.e., argv[0]). INITIAL is the default value for the
file or directory. FLAG is true if the value is relocatable, false
@@ -517,6 +552,7 @@ captured_main (void *data)
{"directory", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
{"d", required_argument, 0, 'd'},
{"data-directory", required_argument, 0, 'D'},
+ {"D", required_argument, 0, 'D'},
{"cd", required_argument, 0, OPT_CD},
{"tty", required_argument, 0, 't'},
{"baud", required_argument, 0, 'b'},
@@ -641,8 +677,15 @@ captured_main (void *data)
gdb_stdout = ui_file_new();
break;
case 'D':
- xfree (gdb_datadir);
- gdb_datadir = xstrdup (optarg);
+ if (optarg[0] == '\0')
+ {
+ fprintf_unfiltered (gdb_stderr,
+ _("%s: empty path for"
+ " `--data-directory'\n"),
+ argv[0]);
+ exit (1);
+ }
+ set_gdb_data_directory (optarg);
gdb_datadir_provided = 1;
break;
#ifdef GDBTK
@@ -1146,6 +1189,8 @@ Remote debugging options:\n\n\
-l TIMEOUT Set timeout in seconds for remote debugging.\n\n\
Other options:\n\n\
--cd=DIR Change current directory to DIR.\n\
+ --data-directory=DIR, -D\n\
+ Set GDB's data-directory to DIR.\n\
"), stream);
fputs_unfiltered (_("\n\
At startup, GDB reads the following init files and executes their commands:\n\