Re: [Mingw-users] gdb 7.0 installs a libbdf.a which depends on gettext

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

Quoting Vincent Torri <vt...@un...>:

>
> Hey,
>
> I have installed gdb 7.0 from the tarball that is in SF, and it has
> overwritten libbdf.a installed by the mingw installer ().
>
> The problem is that, now, if i link against libbdf.a, i have to add intl.
> Which can be problematic.
>
> So, should I have to install gdb in another directory than the mingw one ?
>
> Anyway, i think that is not a good idea to modify the dependencies like
> that, imho.
>

You should open a bug report for the problem you've described.  Our  
packaging heuristics have come a long way thanks to Keith Marshall, et  
alia but we still have older packages that do not follow them and it  
is easy to not get correct for newer packages.  Primarily if the  
package is gdb-7.0.tar.gz or similar then you can expect both binary,  
libraries and headers from gdb.  If the package is gdb-7.0-bin.tar.gz  
then you can expect only the binaries in the file.  Note my sample  
naming is simplistic for example only and may be more involved  
especially concerning the differences between mingw and msys packaging.

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Earnie