Re: gdbtk ...completely broken?
Keith Seitz via Gdb <[email protected]>
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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