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Date:      Thu, 17 Jun 2004 09:36:20 -0400
From:      Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ** HEADS UP **  GDB detached from the 5-CURRENT build
Message-ID:  <20040617133620.GB15918@green.homeunix.org>
In-Reply-To: <20040617082831.GF79565@dragon.nuxi.com>
References:  <20040616052331.GA35954@dragon.nuxi.com> <20040616193820.GJ1016@green.homeunix.org> <20040617082831.GF79565@dragon.nuxi.com>

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On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 01:28:31AM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 03:38:20PM -0400, Brian Feldman wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 10:23:31PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote:
> > > I have disconnected (i.e., disabled) `gdb` from 'make world' due to the
> > > impending binutils 2.15 import.  GDB 5.12 cannot consume the 2.15 bfd and
> > > libiberty.
> > > 
> > > For now GDB users will have to use the devel/gdb6 port.  There will be an
> > > import of GDB 6.x into the /usr/src tree before 5.3-RELEASE.
> > 
> > The distfiles are gone for the snapshot currently specified in the gdb6
> > port.
> 
> You need to CVSup more often:
> 
>     obrien      2004-06-14 08:33:19 UTC
> 
>     FreeBSD ports repository
>     Modified files:
>         devel/gdb6           Makefile distinfo
>     Log:
>         Update to the 2003-05-25 snapshot.
> 
> Bento should also have older ones.  You're also capable of bumping the
> snapshot date and updating the port. :-)

It's already off the mirrors, that version :-(  I tried doing a simple
bump and it patched fine but there were API changes that meant having
to learn GDB internals if I wanted to fix it.

-- 
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  <> green@FreeBSD.org                               \  The Power to Serve! \
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