Re: Building GDB 7.3.92 with MinGW

Joel Brobecker
2012-01-13T12:15:29Z

> I like this alternative the best. Is the patch below OK to install,
> including on the branch?

It's OK with me for both HEAD and branch, with one possible suggestion:

>
> Index: gdb/README
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/src/gdb/README,v
> retrieving revision 1.49
> diff -u -r1.49 README
> --- gdb/README 4 Jan 2012 04:11:38 -0000 1.49
> +++ gdb/README 13 Jan 2012 10:52:12 -0000
> @@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
> cd gdb-VERSION
> ./configure
> make
> + cd gdb
> + make install (or "make install-strip")
> +
> +Alternatively, install with
> +
> cp gdb/gdb /usr/local/bin/gdb (or wherever you want)

Do we really want to preserve the alternate solution? We have more
and more support files that come with GDB, so it's less and less
likely to install a fully-functional GDB. (it is fine with me if
we want to preserve it, just wanted to mention it).

--
Joel