Hi Simon,

On 12/1/20 8:38 PM, Bernd Edlinger wrote:
> On 12/1/20 8:32 PM, Simon Marchi wrote:
>>
>> On 2020-12-01 2:29 p.m., Bernd Edlinger wrote:
>>> I would really like to be able to build gdb with in-tree gmp / mpfr,
>>> just as it works for gcc.
>>
>> Pardon my ignorance, but I don't see the gmp nor the mpfr source code in
>> the binutils-gdb repository.  Should it be checked in too?
>>
> 
> 
> Aehm, good question.
> gcc uses a script ./contrib/download_prerequisites
> that *can* be used to download gmp/mpfr and some more.
> 
> Maybe I should add a stripped down version of that one?
> 

So, this adds the contrib/download_prerequisites script.

It is taken from gcc but does not download mpc and isl,
just gmp and mpfr.

It should work also when building gdb from the release tar.


Is it OK to push?


Thanks
Bernd.