Trying to use gdb_compile_shlib with the shlib= option to build a
shared
library that depends on another shared library does not work as of
today. See:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2017-10/msg00733.html
The problem is that building the lib is done in two steps, compilation
(.c -> .o) and linking (.o -> .so) and the shlib= options are passed to
both steps. When compiling the object file (.o), it results in gcc
complaining:
gcc: warning: .../solib-vanish-lib2.so: linker input file unused
because linking not done
The first solution I came up with was to filter the options inside
gdb_compile_shlib to remove the shlib= options from the options we pass
when compiling the .o file. I then thought it would be simpler to
ignore the shlib= options in gdb_compile when not building an
executable
(which includes shared libraries). For other compilation types (object
file, preprocess and generate assembly), it doesn't make sense to add
shared libraries to the source file list.
Regtested on the buildbot.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* lib/gdb.exp (gdb_compile): Ignore shlib= and shlib_load
options when not creating an executable.
---
gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
index 548cb06..19a286b 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/gdb.exp
@@ -3506,7 +3506,8 @@ proc gdb_compile {source dest type options} {
set shlib_found 0
set shlib_load 0
foreach opt $options {
- if [regexp {^shlib=(.*)} $opt dummy_var shlib_name] {
+ if {[regexp {^shlib=(.*)} $opt dummy_var shlib_name]
+ && $type == "executable"} {
if [test_compiler_info "xlc-*"] {
# IBM xlc compiler doesn't accept shared library named other
# than .so: use "-Wl," to bypass this
@@ -3532,7 +3533,7 @@ proc gdb_compile {source dest type options} {
lappend new_options "early_flags=-Wl,--no-as-needed"
}
}
- } elseif { $opt == "shlib_load" } {
+ } elseif { $opt == "shlib_load" && $type == "executable" } {
set shlib_load 1
} else {
lappend new_options $opt