From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from relay11.mail.gandi.net (relay11.mail.gandi.net [217.70.178.231]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7C5033857806 for ; Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:53:42 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 7C5033857806 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=bootlin.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com Received: from windsurf.hq.k.grp (lfbn-tou-1-420-199.w86-206.abo.wanadoo.fr [86.206.245.199]) (Authenticated sender: thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com) by relay11.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8CEE610000B; Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:53:40 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:53:39 +0200 From: Thomas Petazzoni To: gdb@sourceware.org, Tom Tromey Cc: Romain Naour Subject: Building just gdbserver ? Message-ID: <20200910115339.52495057@windsurf.hq.k.grp> Organization: Bootlin X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.6 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:53:44 -0000 Hello, Prior to the move of gdb/gdbserver/ to the top-level (919adfe8409211c726c1d05b47ca59890ee648f1), and its use of the common gnulib (1a627e7e6c61e97951932e3a9c5fb706efe3ef3e), it was possible to build just gdbserver by doing: $ cd gdb/gdbserver/ $ ./configure This is a feature that was used by the Buildroot build system when we only needed to build gdbserver and not the full gdb. What is now the recommended way to build just gdbserver ? Running the top-level configure script would be annoying, as it checks for ncurses, which would make ncurses a mandatory requirement to build gdbserver, which by itself doesn't need ncurses. Thanks for your feedback, Thomas -- Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com