Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:49:27 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> Cc: FreeBSD-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /usr/src/sys/scripts? Message-ID: <20011019124926.Q60412@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20011019025829.B18163803@overcee.netplex.com.au>; from peter@wemm.org on Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 07:58:29PM -0700 References: <20011018101828.A88312@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20011019025829.B18163803@overcee.netplex.com.au>
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On Thursday, 18 October 2001 at 19:58:29 -0700, Peter Wemm wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: >> BSD/OS has a directory /usr/src/sys/scripts which contains macros for >> kernel debugging. I have a number of macros here that I've >> accumulated over time, and I'd like to commit them. I'd also like to >> modify config(8) to install a .gdbinit in the kernel build directory >> if debugging has been specified; the .gdbinit would load macros from >> ../../scripts in order to help with kernel debugging. > > Just add a Makefile.* rule to add a ln -s from .gdbinit to > $S/../../scripts/.gdbinit. No need to add more config(8) hacks. Well, cp, not ln, and certainly not ln -s. You'll sometimes need to change things, like the serial port number. And yes, that occurred to me as well, and I agree it's the easiest way. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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