Subject: Re: misc/8271: Can't build GDB cross debugger, readline missing
To: Andrew Cagney <cagney@cygnus.com>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <dolecek@ics.muni.cz>
List: tech-toolchain
Date: 09/02/1999 16:16:44
Andrew Cagney wrote:
> The problem occures when building a non-native cross compilation / debug
> environment.  It isn't possible to build a cross GDB from the NetBSD
> sources on a non NetBSD host as readline was removed.

Just a side note - the right thing to do would be to change gdb's
build process to check for libedit, then for libreadline and only
when it's not available resort to it's own copy. Thinking "we
can't use system's own library because is could be buggy"
is backwards, IMHO.

Anyway - the readline sources should be at the place they
are for "original" gdb. I don't thing those ~400KB or so
would matter so much.

What do others thing ?

Jaromir