[PING][PATCH 0/5] Separate debugfile improvements

[Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat dot com>]

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https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2015-06/msg00338.html

It would be nice to get this in for 7.10.

Gary Benson wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This series makes a number of improvements to the code that locates
> separated debuginfo.  This series (patch 4 specifically) goes really
> nicely with the remote/container improvements I made this past few
> months, and it'd be really nice to get this into 7.10.
> 
> - Patch 1 pulls filename building (including buffer allocation) out of
>   find_separate_debug_file into a new function, build_debug_file_name.
>   This simplifies find_separate_debug_file ready for the other
>   patches.  The new code avoids generating paths with repeated
>   separators, but operation is otherwise unchanged.
> 
> - Patch 2 alters find_separate_debug_file's caller to supply all paths
>   without trailing separators, which patch 1 of this series made
>   unnecessary.  This allows paths to be compared more simply.
> 
> - Patch 3 changes how find_separate_debug_file's CANON_DIR argument is
>   handled.  The new code avoids looking in CANON_DIR if it is the same
>   as DIR, but operation is otherwise unchanged.
> 
> - Patch 4 updates find_separate_debug_file to handle filenames
>   prefixed with "target:".  This allows GDB to locate and access
>   separated debuginfo from remote targets and from inferiors in
>   containers.
> 
> - Patch 5 causes GDB to look for debug files in gdb_sysroot in
>   addition to the other searched locations.  This allows for easier
>   analysis of core files from foreign machines.
> 
> Built and regtested on RHEL 6.6 x86_64.
> 
> Ok to commit?
> 
> Thanks,
> Gary
> 
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