Re: PROPOSAL: removing src/expect

Andrew Cagney
2004-06-15T23:07:58Z

> Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com> writes:
>
>
>>> On Jun 15, 2004, Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> wrote:
>>>
>>
>>>>> And on the other side, I have repeatedly been burnt by systems with
>>>>> tcl/expect headers installed globally which are incompatible with the
>>>>> stuff in /cvs/src. I'd be much happier if tcl/tk/expect were all
>>>>> three removed from src.
>>
>>>
>>> My point is that you don't have to check them out if you don't want
>>> to. If it's just there for those who need it, it can't possibly
>>> hurt.
>
>
> It is surprisingly difficult to check out gdb without getting tcl/tk
> as well. This is probably nothing to do with Ben, though.

While it's nothing to do with Ben, it's also nothing to do with GDB.
`cvs -d ... co gdb` doesn't checkout expect/tcl/tk, for that you need to
explicitly specify gdb+dejagnu.

(Part of the fallout from this change will be dropping the +dejagnu from
GDB).