Which package should I download

Which package should I download

[nnn]

I am at ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/gdb/snapshots/ and do not know which
package I should download to run under Red Hat 6.1-6.2.

Which one of these below should I get?

28,740 gdb+dejagnu-20001203-20001204.diff.bz2
29,709 insight+dejagnu-20001203-20001204.diff.bz2
14,676,380 insight-4.95.0.tar.bz2

Also what is dejagnu, is it only this test software package from the FSF?

Thank You

Re: Which package should I download

[Keith Seitz]

nnn wrote:
> 
> I am at ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/gdb/snapshots/ and do not know which
> package I should download to run under Red Hat 6.1-6.2.
> 
> Which one of these below should I get?
> 
> 28,740 gdb+dejagnu-20001203-20001204.diff.bz2
> 29,709 insight+dejagnu-20001203-20001204.diff.bz2
> 14,676,380 insight-4.95.0.tar.bz2

*.diff.bz2 are just diff files. If you already downloaded insight, and
you've been patching them, then download and apply the diffs: it's much
faster.

If you have not downloaded insight at all before, you must grab the huge
tarball "insight-VERSION.tar.bz2". It contains ALL the sources required
for running insight. Please read the FAQ for answers to common questions
(like "Why is it so big?" and "Can't I use my preinstalled version of
Tcl?").

> 
> Also what is dejagnu, is it only this test software package from the FSF?

Yes, that's exactly what it is. It is a required component for gdb.

Keith

Re: Which package should I download

[Fernando Nasser]

nnn wrote:
> 
> I am at ftp://sourceware.cygnus.com/pub/gdb/snapshots/ and do not know which
> package I should download to run under Red Hat 6.1-6.2.
> 
> Which one of these below should I get?
> 
> 28,740 gdb+dejagnu-20001203-20001204.diff.bz2
> 29,709 insight+dejagnu-20001203-20001204.diff.bz2
> 14,676,380 insight-4.95.0.tar.bz2
> 

None of the above.

Unless you want the latest development snapshot, you should look in the
"releases" subdirectory, not on the "snapshots" one.

You'll find a insight+dejagnu-5.0.??? in there.

If you are planning to run the gdb GUI (Insight) under Cygwin (on NT)
then I would recommend that you use the snapshot instead as there is a
bug fix related to file names added after 5.0 came out.



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