Re: [PATCH v2] gdb/README: Refactor where build requirements are explained

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2026 13:43:44 -0300
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> From: Guinevere Larsen <guinevere@redhat.com>
> 
> On 3/6/26 11:25 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > I'd put that a bit farther, right after this:
> >
> >       When you unpack the gdb-VERSION.tar.gz file, it will create a
> >    source directory called `gdb-VERSION'.
> >
> >    You can build GDB right in the source directory:
> >
> > 	cd gdb-VERSION
> > 	./configure --prefix=/usr/local   (or wherever you want)
> > 	make all install
> >
> > IMO, it's more natural, because it will directly follow the
> > instructions for building GDB.
> 
> I think it doesn't quite work there, because right after this it says 
> "but we don't recommend doing that, you should instead create a build 
> directory", so we are cutting build instructions in the middle

We could change the wording there as well.  (I always build in the
source tree, and don't have any problems with that, so "we don't
recommend" sounds like an exaggeration to me.)

> In my opinion we should place it first, as users (or at least I) would 
> probably run the commands and then continue reading as the scripts run, 
> to save a little bit of time.

That's okay, but then we should word it as prerequisites, perhaps with
a heading.