From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2759A385AC3A for ; Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:14:37 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org 2759A385AC3A Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-482-A7PTajG_NzC0TzfUBjHFLA-1; Wed, 27 Jul 2022 10:14:33 -0400 X-MC-Unique: A7PTajG_NzC0TzfUBjHFLA-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx02.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 191D7101A589; Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:14:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.2.16.251] (unknown [10.2.16.251]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C77FF4047D22; Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:14:32 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <66c1653d-aae0-4d39-f58e-5fcb1cdf60ed@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 07:14:31 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.11.0 Subject: Re: gdbtk ...completely broken? To: Simon Sobisch , gdb@sourceware.org References: <48ec6c7a-8e6c-0163-f354-584e8084e595@gnu.org> From: Keith Seitz In-Reply-To: <48ec6c7a-8e6c-0163-f354-584e8084e595@gnu.org> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.84 on 10.11.54.2 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Language: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, BODY_8BITS, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_NONE, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) 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: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 14:14:38 -0000 On 7/26/22 01:07, Simon Sobisch via Gdb wrote: > After checking gdb --help I've wondered about the following: > >   -w                 Use the GUI interface. >   --nw               Do not use the GUI interface. > > it took a while to find out that `-w` only applies if GDB is configured with the GUI option and much more that this relates to --enable-gdbtk. "gdbtk" refers to Insight, which is now located in a different GIT repository. > Where are the necessary source files? Clone sourceware.org/git/insight.git and follow the README. It uses submodules to pull in binutils-gdb. > Should gdb's configure assume they exist or test for them (and again: error on --enable-gdbtk)? That's probably something that needs better documentation and perhaps the error. I'll put it on my TODO list. Keith