Re: Trimming the CVS "gdb" module

Andrew Cagney
2004-10-12T19:48:30Z

>>> Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 12:44:47 -0400
>>> From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
>>>
>>> The attached modifies GDB's "gdb" CVS module trimming it back to what is
>>> currently relevant. It drops mmalloc/ (not used), cgen/cpu/ (moved to
>>> cpu/), intl (use installed), and utils/ (not used).

For intl, this came up here:
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-07/msg00442.html
http://sources.redhat.com/ml/gdb-patches/2004-08/msg00154.html

> I have concerns about the `intl' part. Where, if anywhere at all,
> will GDB distributions keep the stuff that is currently in `intl'?
> AFAIR, GNU projects that support l10n bring this stuff with them, they
> do not rely on the installed gettext facilities as the sole solution.
> Are we going to create a new directory `gdb/intl' and import files
> there from the GNU gettext CVS tree, or will we do somthing else?

On GNU systems, intl is already available and installed and GDB's
configuration is set up to use it (similar for my "Free" NetBSD system).

Andrew