binutils-gdb/readline/configure.ac
Tom Tromey 6999161a2a Move readline to the readline/readline subdirectory
readline turns out to be a bit of a stumbling block for the project to
move gdbsupport (and then gdbserver) to the top-level.

The issue is that readline headers are intended to be included with
names like "readline/readline.h".  To support this, gdb effectively
adds a -I option pointing to the top-level source directory -- but,
importantly, this option is not used when the system readline is used.

For gdbsupport, a -I option like this would always be needed, but that
in turn would break the system readline case.  This was PR build/17077,
fixed in commit a8a5dbcab8.

Previously, we had discussed this on the gdb-patches list in terms of
removing readline from the tree

    https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2019-09/msg00317.html

However, Eli expressed some concerns, and Joel did as well (off-list).

Given those concerns, and the fact that a patch-free local readline is
relatively new in gdb (it was locally patched for years), I changed my
mind and decided to handle this situation by moving the readline
sources down a level.

That is, upstream readline is now in readline/readline, and the
top-level readline directory just contains the minimal configury
needed to build that.

This fixes the problem because, when gdb unconditionally adds a
-I$(top_srcdir), this will not find readline headers.  A separate -I
will be needed instead, which is exactly what's needed for
--with-system-readline.

gdb/ChangeLog
2019-10-23  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* Makefile.in (READLINE_DIR): Update.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2019-10-23  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	* Makefile.in (READLINE_DIR): Update.

readline/ChangeLog
2019-10-23  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>

	Move old contents to readline/ subdirectory.
	* aclocal.m4, configure, configure.ac, .gitignore, Makefile.am,
	Makefile.in, README: New files.

Change-Id: Ice156a2ee09ea68722b48f64d97146d7428ea9e4
2019-10-23 15:16:48 -06:00

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dnl Autoconf configure script for the readline wrapper directory
dnl Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
dnl
dnl This file is part of GDB.
dnl
dnl This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
dnl it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
dnl the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
dnl (at your option) any later version.
dnl
dnl This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
dnl but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
dnl MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
dnl GNU General Public License for more details.
dnl
dnl You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
dnl along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
AC_INIT([readline], [UNUSED-VERSION])
AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([readline/readline.c])
AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(..)
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([readline])
AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
AC_OUTPUT