Re: [PATCH 1/7] gdb: update README about the GNU make requirement

[Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>]

On 2026-09-01 08:26, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
>> Cc: Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@efficios.com>
>> Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2026 14:51:40 -0400
>>
>> The README still suggests that GDB can be built with a make other than GNU
>> make, which is not the case since 2016 (f2ff9acd32b4 "Document new hard
>> requirement on GNU make").
>>
>> The manual already lists GNU make in the requirements:
>>
>>     GNU make
>>         GDB's build system relies on features only found in the GNU make
>>         program.  Other variants of make will not work.
>>
>> and the minimum version is documented in gdb/NEWS:
>>
>>     * Building GDB and GDBserver now requires GNU make >= 3.82.
>>
>> Bring the README in line with that.
>>
>>  - Mention the GNU make requirement, including the minimum version, near
>>    where we also state the C++17 compiler requirement.
>>
>>  - Drop the "if your make program handles the VPATH feature correctly"
>>    part from the "Compiling GDB in another directory" section.
>>
>>  - Drop the warning about --srcdir requiring GNU make.
>>
>>  - Drop the "If you use GNU make" conditional from the paragraph about
>>    running the testsuite in parallel.
>>
>> Change-Id: I5c0387d977ab87069c01c0249c51b2f30318a0c7
>> ---
>>  gdb/README | 15 +++++++--------
>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> Thanks, this is okay.
> 
> Reviewed-By: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>

Thanks, I have pushed this single patch.

Simon