From: Sam James via Gdb <gdb@sourceware.org>
To: "Tomasz Kłoczko" <kloczko.tomasz@gmail.com>
Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
Subject: Re: gdb and ancient GNU autotools
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 16:51:04 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v86d6byg.fsf@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CABB28CzVqpnPM1pOeKS5epErdjALMUgYPMbSWDcOkaw272XNTQ@mail.gmail.com>
Tomasz Kłoczko via Gdb <gdb@sourceware.org> writes:
> Hi,
>
> In gdb source tree in config/override.m4 is hardcoded autoconf version
>
> m4_if(m4_defn([m4_PACKAGE_VERSION]), [2.64],
>
> That version has been released almost SIXTEEN YEARS AGO !!!
> https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=5867
That specific line is adding a workaround for a bug in GNU Autoconf
2.64. It does not require 2.64.
However, yes, _GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION is indeed later set to 2.69 and
will bail if *that* version isn't used. It would be worth updating
to autoconf-2.72 but it needs to be coordinated across binutils, gdb,
and gcc.
>
> Literally NONE Linux distribution currently provides that version so in
> case of any necessity to fix something in autoconf it is NOT POSSIBLE to
> regenerate GNU autotools files.
>
This is wrong, per above.
> The same situation is with binutils ang gcc.
Yes, they share the toplevel build system.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-24 16:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-02-24 16:28 Tomasz Kłoczko via Gdb
2024-02-24 16:51 ` Sam James via Gdb [this message]
2024-02-24 17:15 ` Tomasz Kłoczko via Gdb
2024-02-24 17:21 ` Sam James via Gdb
2024-02-24 18:30 ` Tomasz Kłoczko via Gdb
2024-02-24 19:31 ` Mark Wielaard
2024-02-25 0:22 ` Tomasz Kłoczko via Gdb
2024-02-25 7:56 ` Mark Wielaard
2024-02-25 8:05 ` Eli Schwartz via Gdb
2024-02-25 10:40 ` Mark Wielaard
2024-02-25 21:19 ` Eli Schwartz via Gdb
2024-02-25 21:50 ` Tomasz Kłoczko via Gdb
2024-02-25 22:20 ` Andreas Schwab
2024-02-25 23:32 ` Mark Wielaard
2024-02-26 0:29 ` Tomasz Kłoczko via Gdb
2024-02-26 0:46 ` Eli Schwartz via Gdb
2024-02-26 0:55 ` Tomasz Kłoczko via Gdb
2024-02-26 11:44 ` Mark Wielaard
2024-02-26 12:13 ` Tomasz Kłoczko via Gdb
2024-02-26 0:26 ` Eli Schwartz via Gdb
2024-02-27 15:25 ` Tom Tromey
2024-02-27 16:37 ` Simon Marchi via Gdb
2024-02-27 17:33 ` Joseph Myers via Gdb
2024-02-27 17:42 ` Tom Tromey
2024-02-27 20:44 ` Tomasz Kłoczko via Gdb
2024-02-27 20:57 ` Tomasz Kłoczko via Gdb
2024-02-27 20:59 ` Sam James via Gdb
2024-02-26 0:58 ` Andrew Pinski via Gdb
2024-02-27 15:27 ` Tom Tromey
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