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Subject: [rpms/gdb] gdb-17.2-rebase-f44: Backport upstream patch "gdb.texinfo: Expand documentation for debuginfod
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:29 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <178260482904.1.1351231221177341876.rpms-gdb-fd47e2fe6693@fedoraproject.org> (raw)
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Repo : rpms/gdb
Branch : gdb-17.2-rebase-f44
Commit : fd47e2fe66930b2cce35cbb100e8eaabd532d1c9
Author : Alexandra Hájková <ahajkova@redhat.com>
Date : 2022-01-10T13:17:44+01:00
Stats : +163/-1 in 5 file(s)
URL : https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/gdb/c/fd47e2fe66930b2cce35cbb100e8eaabd532d1c9?branch=gdb-17.2-rebase-f44
Log:
Backport upstream patch "gdb.texinfo: Expand documentation for debuginfod
(RHBZ 2024875, Aaron Merey).
---
diff --git a/_gdb.spec.Patch.include b/_gdb.spec.Patch.include
index 4884f06..b5dfdd5 100644
--- a/_gdb.spec.Patch.include
+++ b/_gdb.spec.Patch.include
@@ -334,3 +334,7 @@ Patch080: gdb-rhbz2022177-dprintf-1.patch
# Backport test case for dprintf bug (RH BZ 2022177).
Patch081: gdb-rhbz2022177-dprintf-2.patch
+#Backport upstream commit from Aaron Merey
+#3ea44f21299 gdb.texinfo: Expand documentation for debuginfod
+Patch082: gdb-rhbz2024875-expand-documentation-for-debuginfod.patch
+
diff --git a/_gdb.spec.patch.include b/_gdb.spec.patch.include
index 8a8acc8..174578a 100644
--- a/_gdb.spec.patch.include
+++ b/_gdb.spec.patch.include
@@ -79,3 +79,4 @@
%patch079 -p1
%patch080 -p1
%patch081 -p1
+%patch082 -p1
diff --git a/_patch_order b/_patch_order
index 863ee71..fc8b8a7 100644
--- a/_patch_order
+++ b/_patch_order
@@ -79,3 +79,4 @@ gdb-rhbz2012976-paper-over-fortran-lex-problems.patch
gdb-rhbz-853071-update-manpages.patch
gdb-rhbz2022177-dprintf-1.patch
gdb-rhbz2022177-dprintf-2.patch
+gdb-rhbz2024875-expand-documentation-for-debuginfod.patch
diff --git a/gdb-rhbz2024875-expand-documentation-for-debuginfod.patch b/gdb-rhbz2024875-expand-documentation-for-debuginfod.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdf3bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb-rhbz2024875-expand-documentation-for-debuginfod.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+From FEDORA_PATCHES Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Alexandra=20H=C3=A1jkov=C3=A1?= <ahajkova@redhat.com>
+Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 13:00:50 +0100
+Subject: gdb-rhbz2024875-expand-documentation-for-debuginfod.patch
+
+;;Backport upstream commit from Aaron Merey
+;;3ea44f21299 gdb.texinfo: Expand documentation for debuginfod
+
+gdb.texinfo: Expand documentation for debuginfod
+
+Add section describing GDB's usage of debuginfod.
+
+Refer to this new section in the description of the '--with-debuginfod'
+configure option.
+
+Mention debuginfod in the 'Separate Debug Files' section.
+
+diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
++++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ software in general. We will miss him.
+ the operating system
+ * Trace File Format:: GDB trace file format
+ * Index Section Format:: .gdb_index section format
++* Debuginfod:: Download debugging resources with @code{debuginfod}
+ * Man Pages:: Manual pages
+ * Copying:: GNU General Public License says
+ how you can copy and share GDB
+@@ -21373,7 +21374,9 @@ For the ``build ID'' method, @value{GDBN} looks in the
+ a file named @file{@var{nn}/@var{nnnnnnnn}.debug}, where @var{nn} are the
+ first 2 hex characters of the build ID bit string, and @var{nnnnnnnn}
+ are the rest of the bit string. (Real build ID strings are 32 or more
+-hex characters, not 10.)
++hex characters, not 10.) @value{GDBN} can automatically query
++@code{debuginfod} servers using build IDs in order to download separate debug
++files that cannot be found locally. For more information see @ref{Debuginfod}.
+ @end itemize
+
+ So, for example, suppose you ask @value{GDBN} to debug
+@@ -21394,6 +21397,10 @@ debug information files, in the indicated order:
+ @file{/usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/ls.debug}.
+ @end itemize
+
++If the debug file still has not been found and @code{debuginfod}
++(@pxref{Debuginfod}) is enabled, @value{GDBN} will attempt to download the
++file from @code{debuginfod} servers.
++
+ @anchor{debug-file-directory}
+ Global debugging info directories default to what is set by @value{GDBN}
+ configure option @option{--with-separate-debug-dir}. During @value{GDBN} run
+@@ -38746,12 +38753,12 @@ Use the curses library instead of the termcap library, for text-mode
+ terminal operations.
+
+ @item --with-debuginfod
+-Build @value{GDBN} with libdebuginfod, the debuginfod client library.
+-Used to automatically fetch source files and separate debug files from
+-debuginfod servers using the associated executable's build ID. Enabled
+-by default if libdebuginfod is installed and found at configure time.
+-debuginfod is packaged with elfutils, starting with version 0.178. You
+-can get the latest version from `https://sourceware.org/elfutils/'.
++Build @value{GDBN} with @file{libdebuginfod}, the @code{debuginfod} client
++library. Used to automatically fetch ELF, DWARF and source files from
++@code{debuginfod} servers using build IDs associated with any missing
++files. Enabled by default if @file{libdebuginfod} is installed and found
++at configure time. For more information regarding @code{debuginfod} see
++@ref{Debuginfod}.
+
+ @item --with-libunwind-ia64
+ Use the libunwind library for unwinding function call stack on ia64
+@@ -47012,6 +47019,82 @@ switch (die->tag)
+ @}
+ @end smallexample
+
++@node Debuginfod
++@appendix Download debugging resources with Debuginfod
++@cindex debuginfod
++
++@code{debuginfod} is an HTTP server for distributing ELF, DWARF and source
++files.
++
++With the @code{debuginfod} client library, @file{libdebuginfod}, @value{GDBN}
++can query servers using the build IDs associated with missing debug info,
++executables and source files in order to download them on demand.
++
++For instructions on building @value{GDBN} with @file{libdebuginfod},
++@pxref{Configure Options,,--with-debuginfod}. @code{debuginfod} is packaged
++with @code{elfutils}, starting with version 0.178. See
++@uref{https://sourceware.org/elfutils/Debuginfod.html} for more information
++regarding @code{debuginfod}.
++
++@menu
++* Debuginfod Settings:: Configuring debuginfod with @value{GDBN}
++@end menu
++
++@node Debuginfod Settings
++@section Debuginfod Settings
++
++@value{GDBN} provides the following commands for configuring @code{debuginfod}.
++
++@table @code
++@kindex set debuginfod
++@anchor{set debuginfod}
++@item set debuginfod
++@itemx set debuginfod on
++@cindex enable debuginfod
++@value{GDBN} will attempt to query @code{debuginfod} servers when missing debug
++info or source files.
++
++@item set debuginfod off
++@value{GDBN} will not attempt to query @code{debuginfod} servers when missing
++debug info or source files. By default, @code{debuginfod} is set to @code{off}
++for non-interactive sessions.
++
++@item set debuginfod ask
++@value{GDBN} will prompt the user to enable or disable @code{debuginfod} before
++attempting to perform the next query. By default, @code{debuginfod} is set to
++@code{ask} for interactive sessions.
++
++@kindex show debuginfod status
++@item show debuginfod status
++Show whether @code{debuginfod} is set to @code{on}, @code{off} or @code{ask}.
++
++@kindex set debuginfod urls
++@cindex configure debuginfod URLs
++@item set debuginfod urls
++@itemx set debuginfod urls @var{urls}
++Set the space-separated list of URLs that @code{debuginfod} will attempt to
++query. Only @code{http://}, @code{https://} and @code{file://} protocols
++should be used. The default value of @code{debuginfod urls} is copied from
++the @var{DEBUGINFOD_URLS} environment variable.
++
++@kindex show debuginfod urls
++@item show debuginfod urls
++Display the list of URLs that @code{debuginfod} will attempt to query.
++
++@kindex set debuginfod verbose
++@cindex debuginfod verbosity
++@item set debuginfod verbose
++@itemx set debuginfod verbose @var{n}
++Enable or disable @code{debuginfod}-related output. Use a non-zero value
++to enable and @code{0} to disable. @code{debuginfod} output is shown by
++default.
++
++@kindex show debuginfod verbose
++@item show debuginfod verbose
++Show the current verbosity setting.
++
++@end table
++
+ @node Man Pages
+ @appendix Manual pages
+ @cindex Man pages
diff --git a/gdb.spec b/gdb.spec
index 2b5240b..76ef8bb 100644
--- a/gdb.spec
+++ b/gdb.spec
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Version: 11.1
# The release always contains a leading reserved number, start it at 1.
# `upstream' is not a part of `name' to stay fully rpm dependencies compatible for the testing.
-Release: 7%{?dist}
+Release: 8%{?dist}
License: GPLv3+ and GPLv3+ with exceptions and GPLv2+ and GPLv2+ with exceptions and GPL+ and LGPLv2+ and LGPLv3+ and BSD and Public Domain and GFDL
# Do not provide URL for snapshots as the file lasts there only for 2 days.
@@ -1144,6 +1144,10 @@ fi
%endif
%changelog
+* Mon Jan 10 2022 Alexandra Hájková - 11.1-8
+- Backport upstream patch "gdb.texinfo: Expand documentation for debuginfod"
+ (RHBZ 2024875, Aaron Merey).
+
* Mon Dec 6 2021 Kevin Buettner - 11.1-7
- Add -Wno-deprecated-declarations to --enable-gdb-build-warnings to work
around the python 3.11 deprecation of Py_SetProgramName.
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