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Re: [patch] make run


Doug Evans writes:
 > Hi.
 > Since we can't agree on making gdb runnable from its build directory
 > (without having to manually specify --data-directory)
 > I plan to commit this patch (if there are no objections).
 > 
 > I plan to add an entry for it in the Hints section of the
 > wikified internals manual as well.
 > https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/InternalsManual

And with the requisite .PHONY.
[thanks SamB]

2013-09-30  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>

	* Makefile.in (GDBFLAGS): New variable.
	(run): New rule.

Index: Makefile.in
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/Makefile.in,v
retrieving revision 1.1270
diff -u -p -r1.1270 Makefile.in
--- Makefile.in	25 Sep 2013 23:17:11 -0000	1.1270
+++ Makefile.in	30 Sep 2013 22:34:02 -0000
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ INTL_CFLAGS = @INCINTL@
 # Did the user give us a --with-gdb-datadir option?
 GDB_DATADIR = @GDB_DATADIR@
 
+# Flags to pass to gdb when invoked with "make run".
+GDBFLAGS =
+
 # Helper code from gnulib.
 GNULIB_BUILDDIR = build-gnulib
 LIBGNU = $(GNULIB_BUILDDIR)/import/libgnu.a
@@ -1339,6 +1342,10 @@ data-directory/Makefile: data-directory/
 	  CONFIG_LINKS= \
 	  $(SHELL) config.status
 
+.PHONY: run
+run: Makefile
+	./gdb$(EXEEXT) --data-directory=`pwd`/data-directory $(GDBFLAGS)
+
 jit-reader.h: $(srcdir)/jit-reader.in
 	$(SHELL) config.status $@
 


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