config/debug/gdb.in.native
author "Benoît THÉBAUDEAU" <benoit.thebaudeau@advansee.com>
Wed Jun 08 15:47:43 2011 +0200 (2011-06-08)
changeset 2508 9e2761e59a75
parent 2098 9a8f0e3fe605
child 2717 13df2720b374
permissions -rw-r--r--
debug/cross-gdb: check host dependencies

Cross-gdb depends on expat and python. If either is missing, cross-gdb will
build successfully, but lacking some features.

Especially, if expat is missing, cross-gdb will be unable to parse the target
description, which may lead to runtime malfunctions and the following GDB
warning:
"Can not parse XML target description; XML support was disabled at compile time"

Hence, expat should be considered mandatory.

On the other hand, the features missing without python are not critical, so
python should not be considered mandatory.

This patch does the following:
- At configure time, warn the user if either expat or python is missing.
- In menuconfig, disable the static build options regarding cross-gdb if no
static version of expat is available, and disable cross-gdb if expat is
missing.

Signed-off-by: "Benoît THÉBAUDEAU" <benoit.thebaudeau@advansee.com>
[yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr: add comment for impossible static cross-gdb]
Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@anciens.enib.fr>
     1 # Menu for the native GDB
     2 
     3 config GDB_NATIVE
     4     bool
     5     prompt "Native gdb"
     6     depends on ! BARE_METAL
     7     depends on ! BACKEND
     8     help
     9       Build and install a native gdb for the target, to run on the target.
    10 
    11 if GDB_NATIVE
    12 
    13 config GDB_NATIVE_NO_STATIC
    14     bool
    15 
    16 config GDB_NATIVE_STATIC
    17     bool
    18     prompt "Build a static native gdb"
    19     depends on ! GDB_NATIVE_NO_STATIC
    20     help
    21       In case you have trouble with dynamic loading of shared libraries,
    22       you will find that a static gdb comes in handy.
    23 
    24 endif # GDB_NATIVE