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[binutils-gdb] Install and generate docs for gdb-add-index


https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=ba643918cf869fa0d064d733f69b453b6fe642ea

commit ba643918cf869fa0d064d733f69b453b6fe642ea
Author: Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu Jan 11 16:12:05 2018 -0500

    Install and generate docs for gdb-add-index
    
    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:
    2017-01-12  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
    	    Sergio Durigan Junior  <sergiodj@redhat.com>
    
    	* Makefile.in (install-only): Install gdb-add-index.
    
    gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
    2017-01-12  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.

Diff:
---
 gdb/ChangeLog       |  5 ++++
 gdb/Makefile.in     |  9 +++++++
 gdb/doc/ChangeLog   |  8 ++++++
 gdb/doc/Makefile.in |  9 ++++++-
 gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 1c52f5f..284245e 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2017-01-12  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
+	    Sergio Durigan Junior  <sergiodj@redhat.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in (install-only): Install gdb-add-index.
+
 2018-01-12  John Baldwin  <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
 
 	* fbsd-tdep.c (KVE_PROTECTION): Correct value.
diff --git a/gdb/Makefile.in b/gdb/Makefile.in
index 17b71c6..0a4a06b 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/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 76ce904..fe8aa5a 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2017-01-12  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.
+
 2018-01-11  Szabolcs Nagy  <szabolcs.nagy@arm.com>
 
 	* gdb.texinfo (pwd): Fix whitespace.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/Makefile.in b/gdb/doc/Makefile.in
index eafadee..0323bc4 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 dba2fa7..b6e7a49 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -19712,6 +19712,19 @@ 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
+
+@xref{gdb-add-index}.
+
+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 +42763,7 @@ 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 +43440,62 @@ Richard M. Stallman and Roland H. Pesch, July 1991.
 @end ifset
 @c man end
 
+@node gdb-add-index man
+@pindex gdb-add-index
+@anchor{gdb-add-index}
+@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 @value{GDBN} finds a symbol file, it scans the symbols in the
+file in order to construct an internal symbol table.  This lets most
+@value{GDBN} operations work quickly--at the cost of a delay early on.
+For large programs, this delay can be quite lengthy, so @value{GDBN}
+provides a way to build an index, which speeds up startup.
+
+To determine whether a file contains such an index, use the command
+@kbd{readelf -S filename}: the index is stored in a section named
+@code{.gdb_index}.  The index file can only be produced on systems
+which use ELF binaries and DWARF debug information (i.e., sections
+named @code{.debug_*}).
+
+@command{gdb-add-index} uses @value{GDBN} and @command{objdump} found
+in the @env{PATH} environment variable.  If you want to use different
+versions of these programs, you can specify them through the
+@env{GDB} and @env{OBJDUMP} environment variables.
+
+See more in
+@ifset man
+the @value{GDBN} manual in node @code{Index Files}
+-- shell command @kbd{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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