From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/16] Add styling to the gdb CLI and TUI
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 16:02:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83imwwc7pj.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d0n67d29.fsf@tromey.com> (message from Tom Tromey on Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:40:46 -0700)
> From: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
> Cc: Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 10:40:46 -0700
>
> >>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
> Eli> What do you think about the idea to add a convenience variable that
> Eli> would provide the GDB version?
>
> Seems reasonable to me.
How about the patch below? Is it okay to go in? (Note that I took
this opportunity to clean up whitespace in top.c, I hope it's OK to do
that as part of unrelated code changes.)
diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index ac61e65..f2915d0 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2019-03-06 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+ * NEWS: Announce $_gdb_version.
+
+ * top.c (init_gdb_version_var): New function.
+ (gdb_init): Call init_gdb_version_var.
+
2019-03-06 Tom Tromey <tromey@adacore.com>
* remote-sim.c (gdbsim_target_open): Use result of
diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index cc7c35c..260e6cc 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
*** Changes since GDB 8.3
+* New built-in convenience variable $_gdb_version provides the GDB
+ version. It is handy for conditionally using features available
+ only in or since specific GDB versions, in scripts that should work
+ error-free with many different versions, such as in system-wide init
+ files.
+
*** Changes in GDB 8.3
* GDB and GDBserver now support access to additional registers on
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 0380322..313a061 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2019-03-06 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Convenience Vars): Document $_gdb_version.
+
2019-03-05 Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
* python.texi (Values From Inferior): Change synopsys of the
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index f2028f8..9d15337 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -11197,7 +11197,7 @@
@vindex $_tlb@r{, convenience variable}
The variable @code{$_tlb} is automatically set when debugging
applications running on MS-Windows in native mode or connected to
-gdbserver that supports the @code{qGetTIBAddr} request.
+gdbserver that supports the @code{qGetTIBAddr} request.
@xref{General Query Packets}.
This variable contains the address of the thread information block.
@@ -11211,6 +11211,17 @@
@item $_gthread
The global number of the current thread. @xref{global thread numbers}.
+@item $_gdb_version
+@vindex $_gdb_version@r{, convenience variable}
+The version of the running @value{GDBN}. The value is an integer
+number that encodes the major and minor @value{GDBN} versions as
+@w{@code{@var{major}*100 + @var{minor}}}, so, e.g., @value{GDBN}
+version 9.10 will produce the value @code{910}. Development snapshots
+and pretest versions have their minor version incremented by one;
+thus, @value{GDBN} pretest 9.11.90 will produce the value 912. This
+variable allows you to write scripts that work with different versions
+of @value{GDBN} without errors caused by features unavailable in some
+of those versions.
@end table
@node Convenience Funs
diff --git a/gdb/top.c b/gdb/top.c
index 22e6f7e..97b349a 100644
--- a/gdb/top.c
+++ b/gdb/top.c
@@ -147,22 +147,22 @@ int server_command;
/* Timeout limit for response from target. */
-/* The default value has been changed many times over the years. It
- was originally 5 seconds. But that was thought to be a long time
+/* The default value has been changed many times over the years. It
+ was originally 5 seconds. But that was thought to be a long time
to sit and wait, so it was changed to 2 seconds. That was thought
- to be plenty unless the connection was going through some terminal
+ to be plenty unless the connection was going through some terminal
server or multiplexer or other form of hairy serial connection.
- In mid-1996, remote_timeout was moved from remote.c to top.c and
+ In mid-1996, remote_timeout was moved from remote.c to top.c and
it began being used in other remote-* targets. It appears that the
default was changed to 20 seconds at that time, perhaps because the
Renesas E7000 ICE didn't always respond in a timely manner.
But if 5 seconds is a long time to sit and wait for retransmissions,
- 20 seconds is far worse. This demonstrates the difficulty of using
+ 20 seconds is far worse. This demonstrates the difficulty of using
a single variable for all protocol timeouts.
- As remote.c is used much more than remote-e7000.c, it was changed
+ As remote.c is used much more than remote-e7000.c, it was changed
back to 2 seconds in 1999. */
int remote_timeout = 2;
@@ -188,9 +188,9 @@ int (*deprecated_ui_loop_hook) (int);
/* Called from print_frame_info to list the line we stopped in. */
-void (*deprecated_print_frame_info_listing_hook) (struct symtab * s,
+void (*deprecated_print_frame_info_listing_hook) (struct symtab * s,
int line,
- int stopline,
+ int stopline,
int noerror);
/* Replaces most of query. */
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ ptid_t (*deprecated_target_wait_hook) (ptid_t ptid,
/* Used by UI as a wrapper around command execution. May do various
things like enabling/disabling buttons, etc... */
-void (*deprecated_call_command_hook) (struct cmd_list_element * c,
+void (*deprecated_call_command_hook) (struct cmd_list_element * c,
const char *cmd, int from_tty);
/* Called when the current thread changes. Argument is thread id. */
@@ -1339,8 +1339,9 @@ There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.");
resources online at:\n <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/documentation/>."));
fprintf_filtered (stream, "\n\n");
fprintf_filtered (stream, _("For help, type \"help\".\n"));
- fprintf_filtered (stream, _("Type \"apropos word\" to search for \
-commands related to \"word\"."));
+ fprintf_filtered (stream,
+ _("Type \"apropos word\" to search for commands \
+related to \"word\"."));
}
/* Print the details of GDB build-time configuration. */
@@ -1608,7 +1609,7 @@ quit_force (int *exit_arg, int from_tty)
undo_terminal_modifications_before_exit ();
- /* An optional expression may be used to cause gdb to terminate with the
+ /* An optional expression may be used to cause gdb to terminate with the
value of that expression. */
if (exit_arg)
exit_code = *exit_arg;
@@ -1998,11 +1999,21 @@ set_history_filename (const char *args,
directories the file written will be the same as the one
that was read. */
if (!IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (history_filename))
- history_filename = reconcat (history_filename, current_directory, "/",
+ history_filename = reconcat (history_filename, current_directory, "/",
history_filename, (char *) NULL);
}
static void
+init_gdb_version_var (void)
+{
+ struct internalvar *version_var = create_internalvar ("_gdb_version");
+ int vmajor = 0, vminor = 0, vrevision = 0;
+ sscanf (version, "%d.%d.%d", &vmajor, &vminor, &vrevision);
+ set_internalvar_integer (version_var,
+ vmajor * 100 + vminor + (vrevision > 0));
+}
+
+static void
init_main (void)
{
struct cmd_list_element *c;
@@ -2206,4 +2217,7 @@ gdb_init (char *argv0)
prefix to be installed. Keep things simple and just do final
script initialization here. */
finish_ext_lang_initialization ();
+
+ /* Create $_gdb_version convenience variable. */
+ init_gdb_version_var ();
}
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2018-11-28 0:16 Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 0:14 ` [PATCH 03/16] Introduce ui_file_style Tom Tromey
2018-12-24 3:40 ` Joel Brobecker
2018-12-28 18:54 ` Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 0:14 ` [PATCH 10/16] Style the gdb welcome message Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 0:14 ` [PATCH 06/16] Reset terminal styles Tom Tromey
2018-12-24 4:16 ` Joel Brobecker
2018-12-28 19:01 ` Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 0:14 ` [PATCH 12/16] Style addresses Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 0:14 ` [PATCH 05/16] Add output styles to gdb Tom Tromey
2018-12-24 4:08 ` Joel Brobecker
2018-12-28 18:55 ` Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 0:14 ` [PATCH 02/16] Add a "context" argument to add_setshow_enum_cmd Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 0:14 ` [PATCH 09/16] Style print_address_symbolic Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 0:14 ` [PATCH 14/16] Use wclrtoeol in tui_show_source_line Tom Tromey
2018-12-24 8:03 ` Joel Brobecker
2018-11-28 0:16 ` [PATCH 08/16] Style locations when setting a breakpoint Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 0:16 ` [PATCH 04/16] Change gdb test suite's TERM setting Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 0:16 ` [PATCH 11/16] Style the "Reading symbols" message Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 0:16 ` [PATCH 16/16] Document the "set style" commands Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 6:51 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-12-28 19:19 ` Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 0:16 ` [PATCH 13/16] Make ANSI terminal escape sequences work in TUI Tom Tromey
2018-12-24 8:02 ` Joel Brobecker
2018-12-28 19:42 ` Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 0:16 ` [PATCH 15/16] Highlight source code using GNU Source Highlight Tom Tromey
2019-11-16 0:58 ` Andrew Pinski
2019-11-16 8:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-11-24 17:41 ` Tom Tromey
2019-11-24 18:13 ` Christian Biesinger via gdb-patches
2019-11-24 19:53 ` Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 0:16 ` [PATCH 07/16] Style variable names Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 0:19 ` [PATCH 01/16] Change wrap buffering to use a std::string Tom Tromey
2018-12-23 15:26 ` Joel Brobecker
2018-12-28 18:47 ` Tom Tromey
2018-11-28 7:02 ` [PATCH 00/16] Add styling to the gdb CLI and TUI Eli Zaretskii
2018-11-29 22:44 ` Tom Tromey
2018-11-30 7:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-11-30 16:17 ` Tom Tromey
2018-12-23 10:49 ` Joel Brobecker
2019-03-01 13:10 ` Pedro Alves
2019-03-01 13:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-01 14:10 ` Pedro Alves
2019-03-01 14:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-01 7:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-01 18:42 ` Tom Tromey
2019-03-01 19:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-01 21:04 ` Tom Tromey
2019-03-02 7:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-03 15:42 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-04 15:08 ` Tom Tromey
2019-03-04 15:57 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-04 16:16 ` Tom Tromey
2019-03-05 15:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-08 14:55 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-08 16:14 ` Hannes Domani via gdb-patches
2019-03-08 21:08 ` Tom Tromey
2019-03-08 21:11 ` Tom Tromey
2019-03-09 6:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-03 15:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-03 16:16 ` Matt Rice
2019-03-03 17:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-03 18:04 ` Matt Rice
2019-03-04 15:01 ` Tom Tromey
2019-03-04 17:37 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-04 17:40 ` Tom Tromey
2019-03-06 16:02 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2019-03-20 19:35 ` GDB version as convenience variable Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-25 17:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-25 17:58 ` Simon Marchi
2019-03-25 18:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-25 18:33 ` Simon Marchi
2019-03-25 18:37 ` Simon Marchi
2019-03-25 18:43 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-25 18:51 ` Simon Marchi
2019-03-25 19:19 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-26 14:47 ` Simon Marchi
2019-03-26 20:57 ` Joel Brobecker
2019-03-27 3:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-27 12:56 ` Joel Brobecker
2019-03-30 17:25 ` Simon Marchi
2019-03-30 10:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-21 1:55 ` [PATCH 00/16] Add styling to the gdb CLI and TUI Simon Marchi
2019-03-21 14:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-21 15:02 ` Simon Marchi
2019-03-21 16:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-21 16:06 ` Simon Marchi
2019-03-21 16:12 ` Pedro Alves
2019-03-21 16:54 ` John Baldwin
2019-03-21 17:02 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-21 18:08 ` Simon Marchi
2019-03-21 18:19 ` Pedro Alves
2019-03-21 18:38 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-07 6:02 ` Joel Brobecker
2019-03-07 14:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-03-08 5:40 ` Joel Brobecker
2019-03-04 16:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-12-24 9:27 ` Joel Brobecker
2018-12-28 20:57 ` Tom Tromey
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