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Re: Why does gcc-4.9 suddenly build-depend on gdb?



Matthias Klose, le Thu 05 Jun 2014 11:49:31 +0200, a écrit :
> Am 04.06.2014 18:44, schrieb Ludovic Brenta:
> > I see this was added without any comment in revision 7370.  As a consequence,
> > gcc-4.9 and gnat-4.9 both fail to build on the hurd-i386 buildd due to the
> > missing build-dependency.
> > 
> > Could you please explain why gcc must build-depend on gdb?
> 
> to pick up a gdb which is built with libpython3. I see old gdb binaries for
> hurd-i386. Should gdb build on the hurd?

gdb is missing some upstream patches to be able to build against the
newer mig.  I thought somebody was working on it, but apparently it's
not there yet.  I can probably build the newer version of gdb by hand
against the old mig.

Samuel


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