Re: [PATCH RFA] Make gdb.base/shlib-call.exp work for AIX

[Fernando Nasser <fnasser at redhat dot com>]

Kevin Buettner wrote:
> 
> The patch below makes some adjustments to gdb.base/shlib-call.exp so
> that it will work for AIX.
> 
> Okay to commit?
> 

Yes, but please simplify the second chunk by making it a single if
statement.
(Please post the committed patch.)

Thanks for the fix.

Regards,
Fernando



>         * gdb.base/shlib-call.exp (additional_flags): AIX doesn't need
>         ``-fpic'' when compiling files comprising a shared library, but
>         it does need additional linker flags in order to find shared
>         libraries at run time.
> 
> Index: gdb.base/shlib-call.exp
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/shlib-call.exp,v
> retrieving revision 1.4
> diff -u -p -r1.4 shlib-call.exp
> --- gdb.base/shlib-call.exp     14 Feb 2002 06:25:18 -0000      1.4
> +++ gdb.base/shlib-call.exp     18 Apr 2002 20:02:29 -0000
> @@ -70,7 +70,12 @@ if {$gcc_compiled == 0} {
>         set additional_flags ""
>      }
>  } else {
> -    set additional_flags "additional_flags=-fpic"
> +    if { ([istarget "powerpc*-*-aix*"]
> +       || [istarget "rs6000*-*-aix*"]) } {
> +       set additional_flags ""
> +    } else {
> +       set additional_flags "additional_flags=-fpic"
> +    }
>  }
> 
>  if {[gdb_compile "${srcdir}/${subdir}/${libfile}1.c" "${objdir}/${subdir}/${libfile}1.o" object [list debug $additional_flags]] != ""} {
> @@ -93,7 +98,18 @@ if [istarget "hppa*-*-hpux*"] {
>         gdb_suppress_entire_file "Testcase compile failed, so all tests in this file will automatically fail."
>      }
>  }
> -if {[gdb_compile "${objdir}/${subdir}/${testfile}.o ${objdir}/${subdir}/${libfile}1.sl ${objdir}/${subdir}/${libfile}2.sl" "${binfile}" executable {debug}] != ""} {
> +
> +if {$gcc_compiled} {
> +    if { ([istarget "powerpc*-*-aix*"]
> +       || [istarget "rs6000*-*-aix*"]) } {
> +       set additional_flags "additional_flags=-L${objdir}/${subdir}"
> +    } else {
> +        set additional_flags ""
> +    }
> +} else {
> +    set additional_flags ""
> +}
> +if {[gdb_compile "${objdir}/${subdir}/${testfile}.o ${objdir}/${subdir}/${libfile}1.sl ${objdir}/${subdir}/${libfile}2.sl" "${binfile}" executable [list debug $additional_flags]] != ""} {
>       gdb_suppress_entire_file "Testcase compile failed, so all tests in this file will automatically fail."
>  }
> 

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