Update gdb #2018

donald · 2020-12-10T18:49:49Z

Primary goal was to embed Python 3 instead of Python2 in gdb. While we are at it, update to latest and greatest.

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(gdb) python import sys;print(sys.version)
3.7.2 (default, Jan  4 2019, 16:36:18) 
[GCC 7.3.0]
(gdb)

Use Python 3.7 from /usr/local/system/python3. We can no longer use gdbs --with-pythons, because it is totaly broken. Instead of python-config.py from the package specified with --with-python, a copy of an old python-config.py script from Python-2.7 is embedded and used with the interpreter found via --with-python. In our case, the required "-L" option is not returned. However, if we add the needed CPPFLAGS and LDFLAGS, gdb/configure (run during the build phase of the top level directory!) will notice that Python just works.

donald added 2 commits December 10, 2020 18:38

gdb: Update version from 8.3.1 to 10.1

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donald merged commit 86b534b into master Dec 12, 2020

Update gdb #2018

Update gdb #2018

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donald commented Dec 10, 2020