Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:24:49 -0600 From: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> To: Roman Kurakin <rik@cronyx.ru> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ** HEADS UP ** GDB detached from the 5-CURRENT build Message-ID: <40D08261.40700@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <40D073DE.5090809@cronyx.ru> References: <20040616052331.GA35954@dragon.nuxi.com> <40D073DE.5090809@cronyx.ru>
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Roman Kurakin wrote: > 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. >> >> > How long it may take? > > rik > > Marcel Moolenaar is working on GDB6 right now. It sounds like he has a snapshot that is ready to go in soon, but it doesn't yet support kernel debugging. We will definitely have this resolved before 5.3. Until then I would highly recommend using the GDB53 or GDB6 ports. While breaking GDB is not ideal, it was discussed heavily with Marcel and David and is really the best course of action considering how much work is required to make all of it work. We _need_ GDB6 in order to get good sparc64 and amd64 support, and we need BU215 in order to get TLS in the future. It makes the most sense to go into 5-STABLE with a toolchain that we can live with for the next 12-18 months. Scott
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