gdb

* Makefile.in (install-only): Install gdb-add-index.
	* gdb-add-index.sh: New file.
gdb/doc
	* gdb.texinfo (Index Files): Mention gdb-add-index.

gdb/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-07-30  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* Makefile.in (install-only): Install gdb-add-index.
+	* gdb-add-index.sh: New file.
+
 2010-07-31  Renquan Cheng  <crq@gcc.gnu.org>
 
 	* MAINTAINERS: Add myself for write after approval privileges.

gdb/Makefile.in

@@ -1018,7 +1018,16 @@ install-only: $(CONFIG_INSTALL) xml-syscall-install
 		$(SHELL) $(srcdir)/../mkinstalldirs \
 			$(DESTDIR)$(man1dir) ; \
 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/gdb.1 \
-			$(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)/$$transformed_name.1
+			$(DESTDIR)$(man1dir)/$$transformed_name.1; \
+	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)/gdb-add-index.sh \
+			$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$transformed_name$(EXEEXT)
 	@$(MAKE) DO=install "DODIRS=$(SUBDIRS)" $(FLAGS_TO_PASS) subdir_do
 .PHONY: install-tui
 install-tui:

gdb/doc/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-07-30  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
+
+	* gdb.texinfo (Index Files): Mention gdb-add-index.
+
 2010-07-30  Hui Zhu  <teawater@gmail.com>
 
 	* gdb.texinfo (Inferiors and Programs): Update the introduce of

gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo

@@ -15244,6 +15244,15 @@ There are currently some limitation on indices.  They only work when
 for DWARF debugging information, not stabs.  And, they do not
 currently work for programs using Ada.
 
+@pindex gdb-add-index
+@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
+
 
 @node Symbol Errors
 @section Errors Reading Symbol Files

gdb/gdb-add-index.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+# Add a .gdb_index section to a file.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+file="$1"
+dir="${file%/*}"
+
+gdb --batch-silent -ex "file $file" -ex "save gdb-index $dir"
+
+if test -f "${file}.gdb-index"; then
+   objcopy --add-section .gdb_index="${file}.gdb-index" --set-section-flags .gdb_index=readonly "$file" "$file"
+   rm -f "${file}.gdb-index"
+fi
+
+exit 0