Provide a way to force building of GDB with libcurses.

        * configure.ac: Add --with-curses.
        * configure: Regenerated.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 8a6a934..cf0b123 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-03-23  Jerome Guitton  <guitton@adacore.com>
+
+       Provide a way to force building of GDB with libcurses.
+       * configure.ac: Add --with-curses.
+       * configure: Regenerated.
+
 2009-03-23  Tom Tromey  <tromey@redhat.com>
 
        * dwarf2expr.c (execute_stack_op) <DW_OP_GNU_uninit>: Fix typo in

diff --git a/gdb/configure b/gdb/configure
index 87eef71..0a6eed4 100755 (executable)
--- a/gdb/configure
+++ b/gdb/configure
@@ -883,6 +883,8 @@ Optional Packages:
   --without-PACKAGE       do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no)
   --with-separate-debug-dir=path   Look for global separate debug info in this path LIBDIR/debug
   --with-libunwind            Use libunwind frame unwinding support
+  --with-curses           use the curses library instead of the termcap
+                          library
   --with-pkgversion=PKG   Use PKG in the version string in place of "GDB"
   --with-bugurl=URL       Direct users to URL to report a bug
   --with-libiconv-prefix=DIR  search for libiconv in DIR/include and DIR/lib
@@ -8115,6 +8117,18 @@ _ACEOF
   CONFIG_SRCS="$CONFIG_SRCS libunwind-frame.c"
 fi
 
+opt_curses=no
+
+# Check whether --with-curses or --without-curses was given.
+if test "${with_curses+set}" = set; then
+  withval="$with_curses"
+  opt_curses=$withval
+fi;
+
+if test "$opt_curses" = "yes"; then
+       prefer_curses=yes
+fi
+
 # Profiling support.
 # Check whether --enable-profiling or --disable-profiling was given.
 if test "${enable_profiling+set}" = set; then
@@ -10308,20 +10322,21 @@ echo "$as_me: error: Building GDB with TUI mode is not supported on this host" >
     ;;
 esac
 
-# Check whether we should enable the TUI, but only do so if we really
-# can.
-if test x"$enable_tui" != xno; then
-  if test -d $srcdir/tui; then
-    # For the TUI, we need enhanced curses functionality.
-    #
-    # FIXME: kettenis/20040905: We prefer ncurses over the vendor-supplied
-    # curses library because the latter might not provide all the
-    # functionality we need.  However, this leads to problems on systems
-    # where the linker searches /usr/local/lib, but the compiler doesn't
-    # search /usr/local/include, if ncurses is installed in /usr/local.  A
-    # default installation of ncurses on alpha*-dec-osf* will lead to such
-    # a situation.
-    echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for library containing waddstr" >&5
+# For the TUI, we need enhanced curses functionality.
+if test x"$enable_tui" = xyes; then
+  prefer_curses=yes
+fi
+
+curses_found=no
+if test x"$prefer_curses" = xyes; then
+  # FIXME: kettenis/20040905: We prefer ncurses over the vendor-supplied
+  # curses library because the latter might not provide all the
+  # functionality we need.  However, this leads to problems on systems
+  # where the linker searches /usr/local/lib, but the compiler doesn't
+  # search /usr/local/include, if ncurses is installed in /usr/local.  A
+  # default installation of ncurses on alpha*-dec-osf* will lead to such
+  # a situation.
+  echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for library containing waddstr" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking for library containing waddstr... $ECHO_C" >&6
 if test "${ac_cv_search_waddstr+set}" = set; then
   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
@@ -10448,7 +10463,16 @@ if test "$ac_cv_search_waddstr" != no; then
 fi
 
 
-    if test "$ac_cv_search_waddstr" != no; then
+  if test "$ac_cv_search_waddstr" != no; then
+    curses_found=yes
+  fi
+fi
+
+# Check whether we should enable the TUI, but only do so if we really
+# can.
+if test x"$enable_tui" != xno; then
+  if test -d $srcdir/tui; then
+    if test "$curses_found" != no; then
       CONFIG_OBS="$CONFIG_OBS \$(SUBDIR_TUI_OBS)"
       CONFIG_DEPS="$CONFIG_DEPS \$(SUBDIR_TUI_DEPS)"
       CONFIG_SRCS="$CONFIG_SRCS \$(SUBDIR_TUI_SRCS)"

diff --git a/gdb/configure.ac b/gdb/configure.ac
index afc006d..6e97ef1 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/configure.ac
+++ b/gdb/configure.ac
@@ -331,6 +331,13 @@ if test x"$enable_libunwind" = xyes; then
   CONFIG_SRCS="$CONFIG_SRCS libunwind-frame.c"
 fi
 
+opt_curses=no
+AC_ARG_WITH(curses, AC_HELP_STRING([--with-curses], [use the curses library instead of the termcap library]), opt_curses=$withval)
+
+if test "$opt_curses" = "yes"; then
+       prefer_curses=yes
+fi
+
 # Profiling support.
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(profiling,
 [  --enable-profiling      enable profiling of GDB],
@@ -459,22 +466,32 @@ case $host_os in
     ;;
 esac
 
+# For the TUI, we need enhanced curses functionality.
+if test x"$enable_tui" = xyes; then
+  prefer_curses=yes
+fi
+
+curses_found=no
+if test x"$prefer_curses" = xyes; then
+  # FIXME: kettenis/20040905: We prefer ncurses over the vendor-supplied
+  # curses library because the latter might not provide all the
+  # functionality we need.  However, this leads to problems on systems
+  # where the linker searches /usr/local/lib, but the compiler doesn't
+  # search /usr/local/include, if ncurses is installed in /usr/local.  A
+  # default installation of ncurses on alpha*-dec-osf* will lead to such
+  # a situation.
+  AC_SEARCH_LIBS(waddstr, [ncurses cursesX curses])
+
+  if test "$ac_cv_search_waddstr" != no; then
+    curses_found=yes
+  fi
+fi
+
 # Check whether we should enable the TUI, but only do so if we really
 # can.
 if test x"$enable_tui" != xno; then
   if test -d $srcdir/tui; then
-    # For the TUI, we need enhanced curses functionality.
-    #
-    # FIXME: kettenis/20040905: We prefer ncurses over the vendor-supplied
-    # curses library because the latter might not provide all the
-    # functionality we need.  However, this leads to problems on systems
-    # where the linker searches /usr/local/lib, but the compiler doesn't
-    # search /usr/local/include, if ncurses is installed in /usr/local.  A
-    # default installation of ncurses on alpha*-dec-osf* will lead to such
-    # a situation.
-    AC_SEARCH_LIBS(waddstr, [ncurses cursesX curses])
-
-    if test "$ac_cv_search_waddstr" != no; then
+    if test "$curses_found" != no; then
       CONFIG_OBS="$CONFIG_OBS \$(SUBDIR_TUI_OBS)"
       CONFIG_DEPS="$CONFIG_DEPS \$(SUBDIR_TUI_DEPS)"
       CONFIG_SRCS="$CONFIG_SRCS \$(SUBDIR_TUI_SRCS)"