#! /bin/sh
# Add a .gdb_index section to a file.
# Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
# (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
file="$1"
dir="${file%/*}"
test "$dir" = "$file" && dir="."
# We don't care if gdb gives an error.
gdb -nx -iex 'set auto-load no' --batch-silent -ex "file $file" -ex "save gdb-index $dir"
if test -f "${file}.gdb-index"; then
objcopy --add-section .gdb_index="${file}.gdb-index" --set-section-flags .gdb_index=readonly "$file" "$file"
rm -f "${file}.gdb-index"
fi
exit 0
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