[lldb-dev] Everyone: please download, build and test the new iohandler branch

[Abid, Hafiz]

> Great, please check in any changes you need in order to build!
Committed in revision 198773.

> 
> On Jan 7, 2014, at 8:21 AM, Abid, Hafiz <Hafiz_Abid at mentor.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Greg,
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: lldb-dev-bounces at cs.uiuc.edu
> >> [mailto:lldb-dev-bounces at cs.uiuc.edu]
> >> On Behalf Of Greg Clayton
> >> Sent: 02 January 2014 22:57
> >> To: lldb-dev at cs.uiuc.edu
> >> Subject: [lldb-dev] Everyone: please download, build and test the new
> >> iohandler branch
> >>
> >> svn co
> >> https://$USER@llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/lldb/branches/iohandler
> >>
> >> The first step is to get it building for your platform as I am sure
> >> the Makefiles are out of date.
> >>
> >> This branch will soon be merged back into top of tree, but I wanted
> >> to give all the major platforms time to submit patches against this
> >> to get things working on all systems before any buildbots get broken.
> >>
> >> The major benefits include:
> >> - editline is not built into the lldb shared library so all IOHandler
> >> objects can use the editline functionality.
> >> - autocomplete now working in the embedded python interpreter
> >> - history now working in the embedded python interpreter
> >> - autocomplete now working for multi-line command entering (like in
> >> "breakpoint command add")
> >> - when editing multiple lines you can use the UP and DOWN arrow keys
> >> to edit previous lines. This makes multi-line expressions and
> >> commands much easier to write and edit. Use ^B and ^N for next/prev
> >> history when in multi- line mode.
> >> - curses is now supported with the new IOHandler infrastructure. To
> >> try this out, run and hit a breakpoint, and type "gui" on the command
> >> line to drop into the curses GUI mode! Lots of stuff isn't hooked up
> >> yet, but I am sure the open source community can help fill in some
> >> new views and improve existing ones.
> >>
> >> So please get this building and test this on your system and let us
> >> know what issues you run into.
> >
> > I tried to build this branch using cmake on Ubuntu 12.04 with gcc 4.8.
> > There were some build issues that I fixed as follows.
> >
> > Include limits.h in Editline.cpp for PATH_MAX and libncurses in the cmake
> files.
> > I also noted that libedit version on my system was missing some
> > defines like EL_PROMPT_ESC. I have to get hold of a recent version for
> libedit.
> > After that lldb builds fine on my system. Still have to test it though.
> >
> > I am pasting the changes needed for the build below.
> >
> >
> > Index: source/Host/common/Editline.cpp
> >
> ================================================================
> ===
> > --- source/Host/common/Editline.cpp	(revision 198682)
> > +++ source/Host/common/Editline.cpp	(working copy)
> > @@ -15,6 +14,8 @@
> > #include "lldb/Core/StringList.h"
> > #include "lldb/Host/Host.h"
> >
> > +#include <limits.h>
> > +
> > using namespace lldb;
> > using namespace lldb_private;
> >
> > Index: source/Symbol/ClangASTType.cpp
> >
> ================================================================
> ===
> > --- source/Symbol/ClangASTType.cpp	(revision 198682)
> > +++ source/Symbol/ClangASTType.cpp	(working copy)
> > @@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@
> >         if (typedef_type)
> >         {
> >             const TypedefNameDecl *typedef_decl = typedef_type->getDecl();
> > -            type_name = typedef_decl-
> >getQualifiedNameAsString(printing_policy);
> > +            type_name = typedef_decl->getQualifiedNameAsString();
> >         }
> >         else
> >         {
> > Index: CMakeLists.txt
> >
> ================================================================
> ===
> > --- CMakeLists.txt	(revision 198682)
> > +++ CMakeLists.txt	(working copy)
> > @@ -265,6 +265,10 @@
> >   list(APPEND system_libs execinfo)
> > endif()
> >
> > +if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
> > +  list(APPEND system_libs ncurses)
> > +endif()
> > +
> > #add_subdirectory(include)
> > add_subdirectory(docs)
> > if (NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Windows")
> >
> > Regards,
> > Abid
> >
> >>
> >> Greg Clayton
> >>
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