Re: gdb and ancient GNU autotools

[Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>]

>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Pinski via Gdb <gdb@sourceware.org> writes:

Andrew> Yes they have not updated to 2.70 or 2.72 yet. But with a complex
Andrew> build system as GCC/binutils/gdb, why update to something if it is
Andrew> working.

I don't fully agree with this approach.  There's a benefit to upgrading
periodically, which is that it may ease future upgrades -- including
when one is really needed.  It's kind of like rebasing, where if you let
a branch sit for too long, suddenly you're in trouble.

That said, the upgrades are kind of a pain (I did one of them in the past).
So, it can be hard to motivate to do them; and given the slow pace of
auto* development, there's not often a need to rush into it.

Tom