Problem (and solution) building from CVS

Problem (and solution) building from CVS

[Jeremy Bennett]

I ran into problems building from the CVS tree earlier today. I checked
out the GDB tree using:

  cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co gdb

Building failed, with a warning that Tcl definitions could not be found.

The problem is the gdb/gdbtk sub-directory. This directory does not
appear in the GIT download (even though that's mirrored from CVS).
Delete this directory from the CVS download and everything builds just
fine.

So it looks like some admin surgery may be needed to remove the
gdb/gdbtk directory from the CVS tree.


Jeremy

(thanks to Phil Muldoon for pointing me at the GIT alternative)

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Re: Problem (and solution) building from CVS

[Andreas Schwab]

Jeremy Bennett <jeremy.bennett@embecosm.com> writes:

> I ran into problems building from the CVS tree earlier today. I checked
> out the GDB tree using:
>
>   cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co gdb
>
> Building failed, with a warning that Tcl definitions could not be found.

configure --disable-gdbtk

Andreas.

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Re: Problem (and solution) building from CVS

[Jeremy Bennett]

On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 15:30 +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Jeremy Bennett <jeremy.bennett@embecosm.com> writes:
> 
> > I ran into problems building from the CVS tree earlier today. 
<lines deleted>
> > Building failed, with a warning that Tcl definitions could not be found.
> 
> configure --disable-gdbtk

Thanks Andreas - this would also work.

CVS and its GIT mirror should not differ (I don't think it's a transient
of today). That needs checking.

ATB,


Jeremy

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Re: Problem (and solution) building from CVS

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 02:24:31PM +0100, Jeremy Bennett wrote:
> I ran into problems building from the CVS tree earlier today. I checked
> out the GDB tree using:
> 
>   cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co gdb

This command should not get you gdb/gdbtk.  It doesn't when I check it
out.  DId you cvs up -dP later on?

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Re: Problem (and solution) building from CVS

[Jeremy Bennett]

On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 11:01 -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 02:24:31PM +0100, Jeremy Bennett wrote:
> > I ran into problems building from the CVS tree earlier today. I checked
> > out the GDB tree using:
> > 
> >   cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co gdb
> 
> This command should not get you gdb/gdbtk.  It doesn't when I check it
> out.  DId you cvs up -dP later on?

Yes I did.


Jeremy

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Re: Problem (and solution) building from CVS

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Jeremy" == Jeremy Bennett <jeremy.bennett@embecosm.com> writes:

Jeremy> CVS and its GIT mirror should not differ (I don't think it's a
Jeremy> transient of today). That needs checking.

We purposely omitted gdbtk from the git mirror.

My impression is that few gdb developers regularly build gdbtk.  I
think that most times I have tried it in the past 6 months or so, it
has failed to build for one reason or another.  (There are windows
where it builds, but it is usually quickly broken again.)

One could argue that the git decision was a bad choice.  To my mind it
just reflects gdbtk's own state -- limbo.

Tom

Re: Problem (and solution) building from CVS

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 05:46:43PM +0100, Jeremy Bennett wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 11:01 -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 02:24:31PM +0100, Jeremy Bennett wrote:
> > > I ran into problems building from the CVS tree earlier today. I checked
> > > out the GDB tree using:
> > > 
> > >   cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co gdb
> > 
> > This command should not get you gdb/gdbtk.  It doesn't when I check it
> > out.  DId you cvs up -dP later on?
> 
> Yes I did.

That's why.  Update using the same command you used to check out, and
you won't get gdbtk (or a lot of other things not related to GDB).

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Re: Problem (and solution) building from CVS

[Jeremy Bennett]

On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 13:21 -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 05:46:43PM +0100, Jeremy Bennett wrote:
> > On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 11:01 -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 02:24:31PM +0100, Jeremy Bennett wrote:
> > > > I ran into problems building from the CVS tree earlier today. I checked
> > > > out the GDB tree using:
> > > > 
> > > >   cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co gdb
> > > 
> > > This command should not get you gdb/gdbtk.  It doesn't when I check it
> > > out.  DId you cvs up -dP later on?
> > 
> > Yes I did.
> 
> That's why.  Update using the same command you used to check out, and
> you won't get gdbtk (or a lot of other things not related to GDB).

Hi Daniel,

I'll use "cvs co", not "cvs update". Thanks for the explanation.


Jeremy

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Re: Problem (and solution) building from CVS

[Michael Snyder]

Jeremy Bennett wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 13:21 -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 05:46:43PM +0100, Jeremy Bennett wrote:
>>> On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 11:01 -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 02:24:31PM +0100, Jeremy Bennett wrote:
>>>>> I ran into problems building from the CVS tree earlier today. I checked
>>>>> out the GDB tree using:
>>>>>
>>>>>   cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@sourceware.org:/cvs/src co gdb
>>>> This command should not get you gdb/gdbtk.  It doesn't when I check it
>>>> out.  DId you cvs up -dP later on?
>>> Yes I did.
>> That's why.  Update using the same command you used to check out, and
>> you won't get gdbtk (or a lot of other things not related to GDB).
> 
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> I'll use "cvs co", not "cvs update". Thanks for the explanation.

Update is fine, it's a question of what options.
The options Daniel named will cause update to pull in
stuff that was not originally checked out.