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[PATCH v2] Install and generate docs for gdb-add-index
- From: Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj at redhat dot com>
- To: GDB Patches <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Cc: Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>, Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj at redhat dot com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 23:19:53 -0500
- Subject: [PATCH v2] Install and generate docs for gdb-add-index
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
- References: <20180111213530.23774-1-sergiodj@redhat.com>
Changes from v1:
- Adjusted indentation on gdb/Makefile.in.
- Rearranged text on gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo.
The "gdb-add-index" script has been resurrected on:
commit caf26be91a584ef141ac5d3cb31007731af8b8e3
Author: Samuel Bronson <naesten@gmail.com>
Date: Fri Nov 15 16:09:33 2013 -0500
Resurrect gdb-add-index as a contrib script
However, for some reason (I couldn't find it in the archives), only
the script has been checked-in; the Makefile parts responsible for
installing it in the system were left out. This commit fixes that, by
also resurrecting the Makefile and documentation bits.
This commit is part of our effort to upstream the local Fedora GDB
changes. With this commit, we'll only carry a very small
Fedora-specific modification to the script.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-01-11 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* Makefile.in (install-only): Install gdb-add-index.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2017-01-11 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Index Files): Mention gdb-add-index.
(gdb-add-index man): New section.
* Makefile.in (gdb-add-index.1): New rule to generate manpage
from gdb.texinfo.
---
gdb/Makefile.in | 9 ++++++++
gdb/doc/Makefile.in | 9 +++++++-
gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 82 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/gdb/Makefile.in b/gdb/Makefile.in
index 17b71c6e7c..0a4a06b242 100644
--- a/gdb/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/Makefile.in
@@ -1770,6 +1770,15 @@ install-only: $(CONFIG_INSTALL)
$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) gcore \
$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$transformed_name; \
fi
+ transformed_name=`t='$(program_transform_name)'; \
+ echo gdb-add-index | sed -e "$$t"` ; \
+ if test "x$$transformed_name" = x; then \
+ transformed_name=gdb-add-index ; \
+ else \
+ true ; \
+ fi ; \
+ $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(srcdir)/contrib/gdb-add-index.sh \
+ $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$transformed_name$(EXEEXT)
@$(MAKE) DO=install "DODIRS=$(SUBDIRS)" $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) subdir_do
install-strip:
diff --git a/gdb/doc/Makefile.in b/gdb/doc/Makefile.in
index eafadee899..0323bc4ecb 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/doc/Makefile.in
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ POD2MAN5 = pod2man --center="GNU Development Tools" \
--release="gdb-`sed q version.subst`" --section=5
# List of man pages generated from gdb.texi
-MAN1S = gdb.1 gdbserver.1 gcore.1
+MAN1S = gdb.1 gdbserver.1 gcore.1 gdb-add-index.1
MAN5S = gdbinit.5
MANS = $(MAN1S) $(MAN5S)
@@ -633,6 +633,13 @@ gcore.1: $(GDB_DOC_FILES)
mv -f $@.T$$$$ $@) || (rm -f $@.T$$$$ && exit 1)
rm -f gcore.pod
+gdb-add-index.1: $(GDB_DOC_FILES)
+ touch $@
+ -$(TEXI2POD) $(MANCONF) -Dgdb-add-index < $(srcdir)/gdb.texinfo > gdb-add-index.pod
+ -($(POD2MAN1) gdb-add-index.pod | sed -e '/^.if n .na/d' > $@.T$$$$ && \
+ mv -f $@.T$$$$ $@) || (rm -f $@.T$$$$ && exit 1)
+ rm -f gdb-add-index.pod
+
gdbinit.5: $(GDB_DOC_FILES)
touch $@
-$(TEXI2POD) $(MANCONF) -Dgdbinit < $(srcdir)/gdb.texinfo > gdbinit.pod
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index dba2fa766a..894ac6095f 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -19712,6 +19712,17 @@ on. For large programs, this delay can be quite lengthy, so
@value{GDBN} provides a way to build an index, which speeds up
startup.
+For convenience, @value{GDBN} comes with a program,
+@command{gdb-add-index}, which can be used to add the index to a
+symbol file. It takes the symbol file as its only argument:
+
+@smallexample
+$ gdb-add-index symfile
+@end smallexample
+
+It is also possible to do the work manually. Here is what
+@command{gdb-add-index} does behind the curtains.
+
The index is stored as a section in the symbol file. @value{GDBN} can
write the index to a file, then you can put it into the symbol file
using @command{objcopy}.
@@ -42750,6 +42761,7 @@ switch (die->tag)
* gdbserver man:: Remote Server for the GNU Debugger man page
* gcore man:: Generate a core file of a running program
* gdbinit man:: gdbinit scripts
+* gdb-add-index man:: Add index files to speed up GDB
@end menu
@node gdb man
@@ -43426,6 +43438,59 @@ Richard M. Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991.
@end ifset
@c man end
+@node gdb-add-index man
+@heading gdb-add-index
+
+@c man title gdb-add-index Add index files to speed up GDB
+
+@c man begin SYNOPSIS gdb-add-index
+gdb-add-index @var{filename}
+@c man end
+
+@c man begin DESCRIPTION gdb-add-index
+When GDB finds a symbol file, it scans the symbols in the file in order
+to construct an internal symbol table. This lets most GDB operations
+work quickly--at the cost of a delay early on. For large programs,
+this delay can be quite lengthy, so GDB provides a way to build an
+index, which speeds up startup.
+
+To determine whether a file contains such an index, use the command
+@command{readelf -S filename}: the index is stored in a section named
+@code{.gdb_index}. Note that the index is never generated for files that do
+not contain DWARF debug information (sections named @code{.debug_*}).
+
+@command{gdb-add-index} uses @value{GDBN} and @command{objdump} found
+in the @code{PATH} environment variable. If you want to use different
+versions of these programs, you can specify them through the
+@code{GDB} and @code{OBJDUMP} environment variables.
+
+See more in
+@ifset man
+the @value{GDBN} manual in node @code{Index Files}
+-- shell command @code{info -f gdb -n 'Index Files'}.
+@end ifset
+@ifclear man
+@ref{Index Files}.
+@end ifclear
+@c man end
+
+@c man begin SEEALSO gdb-add-index
+@ifset man
+The full documentation for @value{GDBN} is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
+If the @code{info} and @code{gdb} programs and @value{GDBN}'s Texinfo
+documentation are properly installed at your site, the command
+
+@smallexample
+info gdb
+@end smallexample
+
+should give you access to the complete manual.
+
+@cite{Using GDB: A Guide to the GNU Source-Level Debugger},
+Richard M. Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991.
+@end ifset
+@c man end
+
@include gpl.texi
@node GNU Free Documentation License
--
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