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It was reported on IRC that using gdb.parameter('data-directory')
doesn't work correctly.
The problem is that the data directory is stored in 'gdb_datadir',
however the set/show command is associated with a temporary
'staged_gdb_datadir'.
When the user does 'set data-directory VALUE', the VALUE is stored in
'staged_gdb_datadir' by GDB, then set_gdb_datadir is called. This in
turn calls set_gdb_data_directory to copy the value from
staged_gdb_datadir into gdb_datadir.
However, set_gdb_data_directory will resolve relative paths, so the
value stored in gdb_datadir might not match the value in
staged_gdb_datadir.
The Python gdb.parameter API fetches the parameter values by accessing
the variable associated with the show command, so in this case
staged_gdb_datadir. This causes two problems:
1. Initially staged_gdb_datadir is NULL, and remains as such until the
user does 'set data-directory VALUE' (which might never happen), but
gdb_datadir starts with GDB's default data-directory value. So
initially from Python gdb.parameter('data-directory') will return the
empty string, even though at GDB's CLI 'show data-directory' prints a
real path.
2. If the user does 'set data-directory ./some/relative/path', GDB
will resolve the relative path, thus, 'show data-directory' at the CLI
will print an absolute path. However, the value is staged_gdb_datadir
will still be the relative path, and gdb.parameter('data-directory')
from Python will return the relative path.
In this commit I fix both of these issues by:
1. Initialising the value in staged_gdb_datadir based on the initial
value in gdb_datadir, and
2. In set_gdb_datadir, after calling set_gdb_data_directory, I copy
the value in gdb_datadir back into staged_gdb_datadir.
With these two changes in place the value in staged_gdb_datadir should
always match the value in gdb_datadir, and accessing data-directory
from Python should now work correctly.
gdb/ChangeLog:
* top.c (staged_gdb_datadir): Update comment.
(set_gdb_datadir): Copy the value of gdb_datadir back into
staged_datadir.
(init_main): Initialise staged_gdb_datadir.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
* gdb.python/py-parameter.exp: Add test for reading data-directory
using gdb.parameter API.
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