Re: [Mingw-users] GDB configure parameters.

[Earnie B. <ea...@us...>]

Chris Johns wrote:
> Jeremy Bettis wrote:
>  >
> 
>> Did you download the gdb sources from mingw.org or somewhere else?
>>
> 
> MinGW sources are GDB 5.2.1. I need to run 5.3 or later. I am not build 
> a native MinGW GDB rather a cross gdb for RTEMS, an embedded realtime 
> operating system. The later GDB versions have fixed I need.
> 
>> I am pretty sure that I only modified the configure script and nothing 
>> else.
> 
> 
> This is correct for the MinGW sources. It is missing a little 
> configure.in change to not use a curses library.
> 
> Should a MinGW GDB attempt to use a curses library if one is found or 
> never use one ?
> 

Use it if found.  Check for pdcurses as well.

> The 5.2.1-1 MinGW sources have a range of changes compared to the 
> original 5.2.1 (and 5.3+) sources.
> 
> The readline package is based on 4.2 rather 4.1 which gdb 5.3 uses. This 
> is a simple change; replace the 5.3 readline with 5.2.1-1's readline.
> 

Did you read the PORTNOTES file, attached for your convenience.

> The gdb sources have a range of changes that I am merging. The change to 
> work around the environ macro in MinGW stdlib.h does not look nice.
> 
> 
> Has anyone looked at getting the MinGW GDB changes merged into the main 
> GDB source tree ?

I haven't.  Feel free to use anything I may have authored as your own.

Earnie.
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