Adds descriptions for some recent-ish configure options to README.
Also updates the minimum Python version per commit
6c28e44a35.
2019-11-14 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
* README (`configure' options): Update.
Change-Id: I8ce8ca6935afbd130295e143802c585cf1e735f9
This is a follow-up of:
https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2018-08/msg00347.html
Instead of going throttle and always enabling our selftests (even in
non-development builds), this patch is a bit more conservative and
introduces a configure option ("--enable-unit-tests") that allows the
user to choose whether she wants unit tests in the build or not. Note
that the current behaviour is retained: if no option is provided, GDB
will have selftests included in a development build, and will *not*
have selftests included in a non-development build.
The rationale for having this option is still the same: due to the
many racy testcases and random failures we see when running the GDB
testsuite, it is unfortunately not possible to perform a full test
when one is building a downstream package. As the Fedora GDB
maintainer and one of the Debian GDB uploaders, I feel like this
situation could be improved by, at least, executing our selftests
after the package has been built.
This patch introduces no regressions to our build.
OK?
gdb/ChangeLog:
2018-10-10 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca>
* README (`configure' options): Add documentation for new
"--enable-unit-tests" option.
* acinclude.m4: Include "selftest.m4".
* configure: Regenerate.
* configure.ac: Use "GDB_AC_SELFTEST".
* maint.c (maintenance_selftest): Update message informing
that selftests have been disabled.
(maintenance_info_selftests): Likewise.
* selftest.m4: New file.
gdb/gdbserver/ChangeLog:
2018-10-10 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca>
* acinclude.m4: Include "../selftest.m4".
* configure: Regenerate.
* configure.ac: Use "GDB_AC_SELFTEST".
* configure.srv: Use "$enable_unittests" instead of
"$development" when checking whether unit tests have been
enabled.
* server.c (captured_main): Update message informing that
selftests have been disabled.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2018-10-10 Sergio Durigan Junior <sergiodj@redhat.com>
* gdb.gdb/unittest.exp: Update expected message informing that
selftests have been disabled.
* gdb.server/unittest.exp: Likewise.
squash! Add parameter to allow enabling/disabling selftests via configure
This adds --enable-ubsan to gdb's configure. By default it is enabled
in development mode, and disabled otherwise. This passes both
-fsanitize=undefined and -fno-sanitize-recover=undefined to
compilations, so that undefined behavior violations will be sure to
cause test failures.
gdb/ChangeLog
2018-10-03 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* README: Mention --enable-ubsan.
* NEWS: Mention --enable-ubsan.
* acinclude.m4: Include sanitize.m4.
* configure: Rebuild.
* configure.ac: Call AM_GDB_UBSAN.
* sanitize.m4: New file.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-10-03 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Configure Options): Document --enable-ubsan.
I realized that while I'd updated the README, I didn't update
gdb.texinfo to document the options to configure.
This patch copies the text from README into gdb.texinfo, adding
Texinfo markup.
gdb/ChangeLog
2018-10-01 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* README: Minor change.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-10-01 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Configure Options): Document configure options.
I accidentally left some stray text in gdb/README.
This removes it. I'm checking this in as obvious.
gdb/ChangeLog
2018-09-29 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* README: Remove some leftover text.
gdb's README and configure instructions in the manual are quite out of
date. They mention options that haven't existed for many years, among
other things.
This patch attempts to modernize the instructions somewhat. It is not
exhaustive, just an improvement -- more could be done. Perhaps even a
couple of the nodes should simply be removed and replaced by
references to the Autoconf manual.
The README file seems to have been generated from the Texinfo at some
point in the past. I did not continue this, but instead edited it
separately.
gdb/ChangeLog
2018-09-29 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* PROBLEMS: Rewrite.
* README: Update.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-29 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Requirements): Mention C++, GNU make.
(Requirements): Sort the table. Add more libraries.
(Running Configure): Remove obsolete text.
(Separate Objdir): Likewise.
(Configure Options): Likewise.
This second patch introduces mfpr_float_ops, an new implementation
of target_float_ops. This implements precise emulation of target
floating-point formats using the MPFR library. This is then used
to perform operations on types that do not match any host type.
Note that use of MPFR is still not required. The patch adds
a configure option --with-mpfr similar to --with-expat. If use of
MPFR is disabled via the option or MPFR is not available, code will
fall back to current behavior. This means that operations on types
that do not match any host type will be implemented on the host
long double type instead.
A new test case verifies that we can correctly print the largest
__float128 value now.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2017-11-22 Ulrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
* NEWS: Document use of GNU MPFR.
* README: Likewise.
* Makefile.in (LIBMPFR): Add define.
(CLIBS): Add $(LIBMPFR).
* configure.ac: Add --with-mpfr configure option.
* configure: Regenerate.
* config.in: Regenerate.
* target-float.c [HAVE_LIBMPFR]: Include <mpfr.h>.
(class mpfr_float_ops): New type.
(mpfr_float_ops::from_target): Two new overloaded functions.
(mpfr_float_ops::to_target): Likewise.
(mpfr_float_ops::to_string): New function.
(mpfr_float_ops::from_string): Likewise.
(mpfr_float_ops::to_longest): Likewise.
(mpfr_float_ops::from_longest): Likewise.
(mpfr_float_ops::from_ulongest): Likewise.
(mpfr_float_ops::to_host_double): Likewise.
(mpfr_float_ops::from_host_double): Likewise.
(mpfr_float_ops::convert): Likewise.
(mpfr_float_ops::binop): Likewise.
(mpfr_float_ops::compare): Likewise.
(get_target_float_ops): Use mpfr_float_ops if available.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2017-11-22 Ulrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Requirements): Document use of GNU MPFR.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2017-11-22 Ulrich Weigand <uweigand@de.ibm.com>
* gdb.base/float128.c (large128): New variable.
* gdb.base/float128.exp: Add test to print largest __float128 value.
* libunwind-frame.c: Rename to ...
* ia64-libunwind-tdep.c: ... here.
* libunwind-frame.h: Rename to ...
* ia64-libunwind-tdep.h: ... here.
* Makefile.in (HFILES_NO_SRCDIR): Rename libunwind-frame.h to
ia64-libunwind-tdep.h.
(ALLDEPFILES): Rename libunwind-frame.c to ia64-libunwind-tdep.c.
* README (--with-libunwind): Rename to ...
(--with-libunwind-ia64): ... here, note it is ia64 specific now.
* config.in: Regenerate.
* configure: Regenerate.
* configure.ac: New option --with-libunwind-ia64, make the
AS_HELP_STRING ia64 specific. Deprecate option --with-libunwind.
Remove AC_DEFINE for HAVE_LIBUNWIND.
* ia64-libunwind-tdep.c: Make the file top comment ia64 specific.
Rename libunwind-frame.h #include to ia64-libunwind-tdep.h.
Rename libunwind-frame in the general comment.
* ia64-libunwind-tdep.h: Make the file top comment ia64 specific.
Rename symbol LIBUNWIND_FRAME_H to IA64_TDEP_LIBUNWIND_FRAME_H.
Move forward declarations inside #ifndef. Rename libunwind-frame in
the general comment.
* ia64-tdep.c: Rename libunwind-frame.h #include to
ia64-libunwind-tdep.h.
(ia64_gdb2uw_regnum, ia64_uw2gdb_regnum, ia64_is_fpreg)
(ia64_libunwind_descr): Rename libunwind-frame to
ia64-libunwind-tdep in these function comments.
* ia64-tdep.h: Rename libunwind-frame.h #include to
ia64-libunwind-tdep.h.
* ia64-vms-tdep.c (ia64_vms_libunwind_descr): Rename libunwind-frame to
ia64-libunwind-tdep in that data comment.
* README: Mention parallel check.
gdb/testsuite
* dg-extract-results.sh: New file.
* Makefile.in (FORCE_PARALLEL): New variable.
(CHECK_TARGET): New conditional variable.
(check): Use CHECK_TARGET.
(DO_RUNTEST): New variable.
(check-single): New target.
(TEST_DIRS): New variable.
(TEST_TARGETS): Likewise.
(check-parallel): New target.
(check-gdb.%): New pattern.
(BASE1_FILES): New variable.
(BASE2_FILES): Likewise.
(check-gdb.base%): New pattern.
(%/.dir): New pattern.
* configure: Rebuild.
* aclocal.m4 (AM_CONDITIONAL): New defun.
* configure.ac: Check whether user is using GNU make.
(GMAKE): New conditional.
prefered way of submitting bugs.
Fix PR gdb/402.
* gdb.texinfo (Bug Reporting): Document that the web is the
prefered way of submitting bug reports.
(Bug Reporting): Delete the s-mail address as the last resort.
