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From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
Cc: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
Subject: [RFA/doco] gdb.texinfo: Document GMP as mandatory requirement to build GDB
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2020 08:52:14 +0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201220045214.343509-1-brobecker@adacore.com> (raw)

Hello,

This commit corrects an oversight when the fixed-point support
was first pushed in.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog

        * gdb.texinfo (Requirements): Add GMP to list of requirements.

Tested by rebuilding gdb.pdf.

OK to push?

Thank you!
-- 
Joel

---
 gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index 2693306d3d4..617a3641382 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -37832,6 +37832,15 @@ recent C@t{++}11 compiler, e.g.@: GCC.
 @item GNU make
 @value{GDBN}'s build system relies on features only found in the GNU
 make program.  Other variants of @code{make} will not work.
+
+@item GMP (The GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library)
+@value{GDBN} now uses GMP to perform some of its arithmetics.
+This library may be included with your operating system distribution;
+if it is not, you can get the latest version from
+@url{https://gmplib.org/}. If GMP is installed at an unusual path,
+you can use the @option{--with-libgmp-prefix} option to specify
+its location.
+
 @end table
 
 @heading Tools/Packages Optional for Building @value{GDBN}
-- 
2.25.1


             reply	other threads:[~2020-12-20  4:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-12-20  4:52 Joel Brobecker [this message]
2020-12-20 15:20 ` Eli Zaretskii via Gdb-patches
2020-12-21  2:22   ` Joel Brobecker

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