Re: [PATCH 0/1] Build GDB as a C++ program by default

Simon Marchi
2016-04-19T15:41:51Z

On 16-04-19 10:48 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> From: Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
>> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 15:18:35 +0100
>>
>> MinGW (w64) builds and runs cleanly for me too.
>
> Did you look at what libraries it depends on? Doesn't it pull in
> libgcc DLL and libstdc++ DLL? If it does, that'll put a huge damper
> on those who make precompiled binaries of GDB available for Windows
> users, because you need to accompany that with the full GCC source
> tarball, which weighs in at more than 80MB.
>

I wonder why you say that those who distribute a precompiled gdb would
also have to distribute the gcc source. Do you mean they would have to
host it alongside the precompiled binary, or they would have to include
it in the package users download? Isn't it enough that it's available at
gcc.gnu.org and/or mingw.org?