Re: [RFA] "etext/_etext" may be missing, add configure check

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 12:34:48PM -0700, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> I propose to add a check in configure for "etext", and then
> change the above to define TEXTEND only if at least either of
> the etext symbol is defined. Then we can add the definition of 
> TEXT to the conditionalization that decides whether or not to
> include the profiling functionality.

Sure.

> On a side-note, I also think that --enable-profiling=no should
> have deactivated this code as well, but that's a different thread.

I don't.  That's supposed to disable automatic profiling and compiling
with -pg, not the manual profiling commands.

> 2007-09-19  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
> 
>         * configure.ac: Add check for "etext".
>         * configure, config.in: Regenerate.
>         * maint.c (TEXTEND): Only define if either _etext or etext
>         are available.
>         Disable the profiling functionality if TEXTEND is not defined.

OK.

> This was tested on x86-linux, without any regressions. On LynxOS, it
> allows me to complete the GDB build (although it's a dummy GDB at this
> point, since my primary interest is in the gdbserver).

You don't need this, by the way.  Unlike the gdb subdirectory, the
gdb/gdbserver subdirectory is standalone.  You need the whole source
tree but you can run src/gdb/gdbserver/configure directly.  This
should be in the manual, or at least the README.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery