Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:59:50 -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: <40D08A96.8040902@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <40D0884C.9060101@cronyx.ru> References: <20040616052331.GA35954@dragon.nuxi.com> <40D073DE.5090809@cronyx.ru> <40D08261.40700@freebsd.org> <40D0884C.9060101@cronyx.ru>
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Roman Kurakin wrote: > Scott Long wrote: > >> 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. > > > I was wondered since I don't like ports. A part of my work I do at home > were I have very weak connection via dialup (< 24kbps) and even at work > I have to fight with problems with fetch from ftp due to firewall > restrictions. > So probably its time to check more thoroughly why I have problems with > my proxy :-) > May be I also should check some docs, probably it is possible to type smth > and get a list of files that I need to download at work manualy and put > them > into distfiles at home ... > > rik > The gdb ports are available as pre-compiled packages are aren't terribly big nor have secondary ports dependencies. Just grab the appropriate gdbXX.tgz off of ftp.freebsd.org and carry it home with you and install it with 'pkg_add'. Scott
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