http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2012-09/msg00013.html

gdb/ChangeLog:
        * c-typeprint.c (c_type_print_varspec_prefix): Pass through the
        passed_a_ptr flag when displaying typedef types.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
        * gdb.base/ptype.exp: Test ptype on a pointer to a typedef.

diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index 01604a8..959ff33 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-09-11  Andrew Burgess  <aburgess@broadcom.com>
+
+       * c-typeprint.c (c_type_print_varspec_prefix): Pass through the
+       passed_a_ptr flag when displaying typedef types.
+
 2012-09-10  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
        * ada-lang.c (coerce_unspec_val_to_type): Make sure that

diff --git a/gdb/c-typeprint.c b/gdb/c-typeprint.c
index c2a775a..b51ced8 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/c-typeprint.c
+++ b/gdb/c-typeprint.c
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ c_type_print_varspec_prefix (struct type *type,
 
     case TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF:
       c_type_print_varspec_prefix (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (type),
-                                  stream, show, 0, 0);
+                                  stream, show, passed_a_ptr, 0);
       break;
 
     case TYPE_CODE_UNDEF:

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index e9db80f..e67eea6 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-09-11  Andrew Burgess  <aburgess@broadcom.com>
+
+       * gdb.base/ptype.exp: Test ptype on a pointer to a typedef.
+
 2012-09-10  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
        * gdb.ada/optim_drec: New testcase.

diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/ptype.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/ptype.exp
index c7bede2..d5f967c 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/ptype.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.base/ptype.exp
@@ -370,6 +370,8 @@ if {!$gcc_compiled} then { setup_xfail "rs6000-*-*" "i*86-*-sysv4*" }
 if {$hp_aCC_compiler} {setup_xfail "hppa*-*-*"}
 gdb_test "ptype t_char_array" "type = (|unsigned )char \\\[0?\\\]"
 
+gdb_test "ptype pv_char_array" "type = (|unsigned )char \\(\\*\\)\\\[0?\\\]"
+
 #
 ##
 ## test ptype command with pointers