[PATCH 2/2] Try to initialize data-directory by first searching for "data-directory" in the same directory as the gdb binary

[Jan Kratochvil]

On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 21:55:28 +0200, Khoo Yit Phang wrote:
> +  /* Then try to find GDB_DATADIR relocated relative to gdb. */
> +  if (!dir)
> +    dir = relocate_path (gdb_program_name, GDB_DATADIR, 1,
> +			 GDB_DATADIR_RELOCATABLE);
> +
> +  /* Otherwise use GDB_DATADIR as is. */
> +  if (!dir)
> +    dir = xstrdup (GDB_DATADIR);
> +
> +  /* Canonicalize the directory.  */
> +  if (*dir)
> +    {
> +      char *canon_sysroot = lrealpath (dir);
> +
> +      if (canon_sysroot)
> +	{
> +	  xfree (dir);
> +	  dir = canon_sysroot;
> +	}
> +    }

I am not happy from the code duplication with existing function:

	char *
	relocate_gdb_directory (const char *initial, int flag)
	{
	  char *dir;

	  dir = relocate_path (gdb_program_name, initial, 1, flag);
	  if (!dir)
	    dir = xstrdup (initial);

	  /* Canonicalize the directory.  */
	  if (*dir)
	    {
	      char *canon_sysroot = lrealpath (dir);

	      if (canon_sysroot)
		{
		  xfree (dir);
		  dir = canon_sysroot;
		}
	    }

	  return dir;
	}

Also it could check for /usr/gdb/data-directory which is less likely to be
present than /usr/bin/data-directory .

Proposing the patch below instead, although I do not like it much either.


Thanks,
Jan


gdb/
2012-09-21  Jan Kratochvil  <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>

	* main.c: New variables dir and datadir.  Change GDB_DATADIR
	initialization to attempt to find gdb/data-directory/ first.

diff --git a/gdb/main.c b/gdb/main.c
index bde37f9..635c86b 100644
--- a/gdb/main.c
+++ b/gdb/main.c
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ captured_main (void *data)
   int i;
   int save_auto_load;
   struct objfile *objfile;
+  char *dir, *datadir;
 
   struct cleanup *pre_stat_chain;
 
@@ -370,8 +371,23 @@ captured_main (void *data)
   debug_file_directory = relocate_gdb_directory (DEBUGDIR,
 						 DEBUGDIR_RELOCATABLE);
 
-  gdb_datadir = relocate_gdb_directory (GDB_DATADIR,
-					GDB_DATADIR_RELOCATABLE);
+  /* Attempt first to find gdb/data-directory/ if we are run still from the
+     build directory.  */
+  datadir = ldirname (BINDIR);
+  datadir = reconcat (datadir, datadir,
+		      SLASH_STRING "gdb" SLASH_STRING "data-directory", NULL);
+  dir = relocate_path (gdb_program_name, datadir, 1, 1);
+  xfree (datadir);
+  if (dir)
+    {
+      /* DATADIR could never have less components than BINDIR, therefore
+         we do not need to check it DIR is not "" like
+         relocate_gdb_directory has to.  */
+      gdb_datadir = lrealpath (dir);
+      xfree (dir);
+    }
+  if (gdb_datadir == NULL)
+    gdb_datadir = relocate_gdb_directory (GDB_DATADIR, GDB_DATADIR_RELOCATABLE);
 
 #ifdef WITH_PYTHON_PATH
   {