[ARROW-15422] [C++][Packaging] Package gdb plugin

• Type: Task
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 9.0.0
• Component/s: C++, Packaging
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/30904
• Assignee: Kouhei Sutou
• Reporter: Antoine Pitrou
• Created: 24/Jan/22 10:16
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 11:37
• Resolved: 03/Jul/22 05:48

Description

The gdb plugin should be packaged appropriately. I'm not sure where/under which form.

For example, on Ubuntu, GDB auto-load scripts are under /usr/share/gdb/auto-load/....
So, if a Arrow package installs /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libarrow.so.700.0.0, the gdb_arrow.py script could be installed as /usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libarrow.so.700.0.0-gdb.py.

(take the realpath of the installed DLL, prefix it with the GDB scripts-directory such as /usr/share/gdb/auto-load/, and append -gdb.py at the end of the filename)

Issue Links

• depends upon: ARROW-15423 [C++][Dev] Make GDB plugin auto-load friendly
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #13477