From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 18074 invoked by alias); 22 Dec 2011 10:13:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 18061 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Dec 2011 10:13:41 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,TW_DB X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:13:25 +0000 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id pBMADCqF018855 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:13:12 -0500 Received: from host2.jankratochvil.net (ovpn-116-60.ams2.redhat.com [10.36.116.60]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id pBMAD0gq031768 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:13:09 -0500 Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:16:00 -0000 From: Jan Kratochvil To: Joel Brobecker Cc: Stan Shebs , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: [NEWS patch] Re: [patch 1/2] Make gdbtui a shell script Message-ID: <20111222101258.GA18148@host2.jankratochvil.net> References: <20111221114641.GB25652@host2.jankratochvil.net> <20111221122330.GH23376@adacore.com> <4EF2679D.1040608@earthlink.net> <20111222052136.GP23376@adacore.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20111222052136.GP23376@adacore.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-12/txt/msg00773.txt.bz2 On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:11:25 +0100, Stan Shebs wrote: > It seems a little disruptive to our users and repackagers to have the name > disappear altogether with no prior warning. The deprecation NEWS items have been present but TBH as Fedora + RHEL GDB packager I have no idea what I could do with it in advance. On Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:21:36 +0100, Joel Brobecker wrote: > > Assuming that this patch is only going into trunk, then it seems > > sufficient to add a news item to 7.4 warning of the coming change, > > or even adding a deprecation warning to the branch's tui-main, which > > will give everybody the 7.4 - 7.5 interval to update their usages. > > Works for me! Thanks, Jan gdb/ 2011-12-22 Jan Kratochvil * NEWS (Changes in GDB 7.4): Add gdbtui deprecation note. * tui/tui-main.c: Likewise. --- a/gdb/NEWS +++ b/gdb/NEWS @@ -259,6 +259,11 @@ Texas Instruments TMS320C6x tic6x-*-* Renesas RL78 rl78-*-elf +* The binary "gdbtui" is deprecated. + +The binary will be no longer built or installed in GDB 7.5. Use "gdb -tui" +instead. + *** Changes in GDB 7.3.1 * The build failure for NetBSD and OpenBSD targets have now been fixed. --- a/gdb/tui/tui-main.c +++ b/gdb/tui/tui-main.c @@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see . */ +/* The binary "gdbtui" is deprecated. + + The binary will be no longer built or installed in GDB 7.5. Use "gdb -tui" + instead. */ + #include "defs.h" #include "main.h" #include "gdb_string.h"