[PATCH v2 2/7] Add "help news"

[Tom Tromey]

This adds a "help news" subcommand, which simply dumps the NEWS file.
The NEWS file is now installed.

gdb/ChangeLog
2020-06-22  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* NEWS: Add entry.
	* data-directory/Makefile.in (GDB_FILES): New variable.
	(all): Add gdb-files.
	(gdb-files, install-gdb-files, uninstall-gdb-files): New targets.
	(install-only, uninstall): Update.
	* cli/cli-decode.c (help_news): New file.
	(help_cmd): Handle "news".
	(help_list): Mention "help news".

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2020-06-22  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* gdb.texinfo (Help): Mention help news.
---
 gdb/ChangeLog                  | 11 +++++++++
 gdb/NEWS                       |  3 +++
 gdb/cli/cli-decode.c           | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 gdb/data-directory/Makefile.in | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++---
 gdb/doc/ChangeLog              |  4 ++++
 gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo            |  4 ++++
 6 files changed, 88 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index f7585133c51..0fd39857326 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@
 
 * New commands
 
+help news
+  Show this NEWS file.
+
 set exec-file-mismatch -- Set exec-file-mismatch handling (ask|warn|off).
 show exec-file-mismatch -- Show exec-file-mismatch handling (ask|warn|off).
   Set or show the option 'exec-file-mismatch'.  When GDB attaches to a
diff --git a/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c b/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c
index 85f50aa8e48..c986a1c45fb 100644
--- a/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c
+++ b/gdb/cli/cli-decode.c
@@ -1197,6 +1197,38 @@ apropos_cmd (struct ui_file *stream,
     }
 }
 
+/* Implement "help news".  */
+
+static void
+help_news (struct ui_file *stream)
+{
+  std::string news_name = std::string (gdb_datadir) + SLASH_STRING + "NEWS";
+  gdb_file_up news_file = gdb_fopen_cloexec (news_name.c_str (), "r");
+  if (news_file == nullptr)
+    perror_with_name (_("could not open the NEWS file"));
+
+  char buffer[1024];
+  size_t offset = 0;
+  while (true)
+    {
+      size_t nbytes = fread (&buffer[offset], 1, sizeof (buffer) - offset,
+			     news_file.get ());
+      if (nbytes == 0)
+	break;
+      size_t n_valid = offset + nbytes;
+      size_t newline;
+      for (newline = n_valid; newline > 0 && buffer[newline] != '\n'; --newline)
+	;
+      if (newline == 0)
+	error (_("NEWS file is malformed"));
+      buffer[newline] = '\0';
+      fputs_filtered (buffer, stream);
+      fputs_filtered ("\n", stream);
+      offset = n_valid - (newline + 1);
+      memmove (buffer, &buffer[newline + 1], offset);
+    }
+}
+
 /* This command really has to deal with two things:
    1) I want documentation on *this string* (usually called by
       "help commandname").
@@ -1225,6 +1257,12 @@ help_cmd (const char *command, struct ui_file *stream)
       return;
     }
 
+  if (strcmp (command, "news") == 0)
+    {
+      help_news (stream);
+      return;
+    }
+
   const char *orig_command = command;
   c = lookup_cmd (&command, cmdlist, "", NULL, 0, 0);
 
@@ -1330,6 +1368,9 @@ Type \"help%s\" followed by a class name for a list of commands in ",
 
       fprintf_filtered (stream, "\n\
 Type \"help all\" for the list of all commands.");
+
+      fprintf_filtered (stream, "\n\
+Type \"help news\" to see what is new in GDB.");
     }
 
   fprintf_filtered (stream, "\nType \"help%s\" followed by %scommand name ",
diff --git a/gdb/data-directory/Makefile.in b/gdb/data-directory/Makefile.in
index 3f0c729404b..85a2f41c351 100644
--- a/gdb/data-directory/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/data-directory/Makefile.in
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ SYSTEM_GDBINIT_FILES = \
 	elinos.py \
 	wrs-linux.py
 
+GDB_FILES = NEWS
+
 FLAGS_TO_PASS = \
 	"prefix=$(prefix)" \
 	"exec_prefix=$(exec_prefix)" \
@@ -172,7 +174,7 @@ FLAGS_TO_PASS = \
 	"RUNTESTFLAGS=$(RUNTESTFLAGS)"
 
 .PHONY: all
-all: stamp-syscalls stamp-python stamp-guile stamp-system-gdbinit
+all: stamp-syscalls stamp-python stamp-guile stamp-system-gdbinit gdb-files
 
 %.xml: @MAINTAINER_MODE_TRUE@ %.xml.in apply-defaults.xsl linux-defaults.xml.in
 	$(XSLTPROC) -o $(SYSCALLS_SRCDIR)/$@ $(SYSCALLS_SRCDIR)/apply-defaults.xsl\
@@ -234,6 +236,26 @@ uninstall-syscalls:
 	  done \
 	done
 
+gdb-files: $(addprefix $(srcdir)/../,$(GDB_FILES))
+	files='$(GDB_FILES)'; \
+	for file in $$files; do \
+	  cp $(srcdir)/../$$file .; \
+	done
+
+.PHONY: install-gdb-files
+install-gdb-files:
+	files='$(GDB_FILES)'; \
+	for file in $$files; do \
+	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/../$$file  $(DESTDIR)$(GDB_DATADIR); \
+	done
+
+.PHONY: uninstall-gdb-files
+uninstall-gdb-files:
+	files='$(GDB_FILES)'; \
+	for file in $$files; do \
+	  rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(GDB_DATADIR)/$$file; \
+	done
+
 stamp-python: Makefile $(PYTHON_FILES)
 	rm -rf ./$(PYTHON_DIR)
 	files='$(PYTHON_FILES)' ; \
@@ -379,11 +401,11 @@ install: all
 
 .PHONY: install-only
 install-only: install-syscalls install-python install-guile \
-	install-system-gdbinit
+	install-system-gdbinit install-news
 
 .PHONY: uninstall
 uninstall: uninstall-syscalls uninstall-python uninstall-guile \
-	uninstall-system-gdbinit
+	uninstall-system-gdbinit uninstall-news
 
 .PHONY: clean
 clean: clean-syscalls clean-python clean-guile clean-system-gdbinit
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 7f572c37c5c..37d5fe1e4cd 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -2163,6 +2163,10 @@ the command name and all its aliases separated by commas.
 This first line will be followed by the full definition of all aliases
 having default arguments.
 
+@item help news
+Show the news file.  Notable features in each release are documented
+in this file.
+
 @kindex apropos
 @item apropos [-v] @var{regexp}
 The @code{apropos} command searches through all of the @value{GDBN}
-- 
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