Re: [PATCH 0/9] New default sysroot "target:"

[Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>]

On 03/20/2015 04:47 PM, Gary Benson wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> This series introduces a new "target:" prefix to "set sysroot".  Files
> specified with a "target:" prefix will be loaded via the target: from
> the remote if the target is remote, and from the local file system
> otherwise.  This new prefix replaces the "remote:" prefix, and the
> final patch in the series makes it the default.
> 
> The way the "target:" prefix is implemented differs somewhat from the
> way the "remote:" prefix was implemented:
> 
>  - It's hooked in at a lower level.  The remote stuff looked to have
>    been added piecemeal: various BFD-opening functions did checks on
>    their filenames and diverted to remote_bfd_open.  There was also
>    gdb_bfd_open_maybe_remote, which handled both local and remote
>    cases.  The "target:" prefix is baked into gdb_bfd_open, so all
>    functions that open BFDs gain support.
> 
>  - Various functions locally strip the "target:" prefix from the
>    filenames they're working on if the target filesystem is the
>    same as the local filesystem.  This serves two purposes:
> 
>      1) It ensures files accessed locally are handled the same
>         way regardless of how they are specified.  Things like
> 	the shared library search algorithm in solib_find, for
> 	example.
> 
>      2) It avoids cluttering GDB's output with "target:" prefixes.
> 
> Built and regtested on RHEL 6.6 x86_64.
> 
> Ok to commit?

Awesome work.

Please remember to update the LocalRemoteFeatureParity page once
this is in.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves