Message-Id: <201304280253.r3S2reTc009262@delorie.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:53:03 +0200
From: Juan Manuel Guerrero <juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de>
To: djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com
Subject: ANNOUNCE: DJGPP port of GNU debugger (GDB) 7.6 uploaded.
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This the port of GNU debugger (GDB) 7.6 to MSDOS/DJGPP.

   GDB is a source-level debugger for C, C++, Pascal, Objective-C and many
   other languages.  GDB can target (i.e., debug programs running on) more
   than a dozen different processor architectures, and GDB itself can run
   on most popular GNU/Linux, Unix and Microsoft Windows variants.


   DJGPP specific changes.
   =======================
   - There are no DJGPP specific user visible changes.

   - The BFD library will support 32 bit wide relocations counters for DJGPP
     as has been implemented for the latest DJGPP port of binutils.

   - The readline library has been patched according to the DJGPP port of
     readline 5.1.  The diffs-gdb-readline file documents the changes and
     is store in the /djgpp directory.

   - The config.sub script has been adjusted in such a way that it returns
     the same ID string than config.guess does.  This ensures that all DJGPP
     versions are well recognized allowing to compile a working DJGPP 
port of
     GDB using djdev203 or djdev204.

   - The gdb/configure script has been adjusted to also check for pdcurses.
     This is necessary to be able to compile a GDB version with TUI support.

   - I have added the complete /bfdsymify directory from the last GDB port.
     Only the Makefile has been adjusted to work with this new version.

   - The port of GDB has been compiled with TUI, mpc, mpfr, gmp, zlib and
     pdcurses support enabled.  If you prefer the TUI version you must start
     it with the "-tui" flag or it will start without using the TUI 
interface.

   - The original distribution comes with DJGPP support files.  I have 
not used
     them so I do not know if the DJGPP support is really up to date.

   - The port has been compiled on WinXP Pro SP3 using gcc473, bnu2231b and
     LFN support.  I have never tried to compile on a SFN system ans it is
     very unlikely that it will ever work.

   - To configure and compile the sources the way I have done it, cd 
into the
     /djgpp directory and start the build.sh script.  It accepts no 
parameters
     so you will have to edit manually to adjust it to your preferences.
     It configures and compiles the sources to build in the /djgpp directory
     and not in the top source directory.

   - Please note that to configure and compile the sources using 
djdev203 you
     will have to replace cat.exe and sort.exe with those versions compiled
     with djdev204.


   To compile the sources like I have done you will need the following 
ports:
<ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/zlib127b.zip>
<ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2tk/pdcur34a.zip>
<ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/gmp502b.zip>
<ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/mpc101b.zip>
<ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/mpfr312b.zip>
   or:
     <ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2tk/zlib127b.zip>
     <ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2tk/pdcur34a.zip>
     <ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/gmp512b.zip>
     <ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/mpc101b.zip>
     <ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/mpfr312b.zip>

   As usual, all djgpp specific files (build.sh, diffs, README files, etc.)
   are located in the /djgpp directory.  The sources have not been 
configured.

   For further information about GDB please read the info docs and NEWS 
file.




   The port consists of the usual four packages that have been compiled
   using stock djdev203 and that can be downloaded from ftp.delorie.com
   and mirrors as (time stamp 2013-04-27):

     GNU debugger 7.6 binary and info format documentation:
     ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/gdb76b.zip

     GNU debugger 7.6 bfd, liberty and opcode libraries and headers:
     ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/gdb76a.zip

     GNU debugger 7.6 dvi, html, ps and pdf format documentation:
     ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/gdb76d.zip

     GNU debugger 7.6 source:
     ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/gdb76s.zip


   The binaries have been produced a second time using the stock version of
   djdev204 beta library.  This package is available at ftp.delorie.com and
   mirrors as (time stamp 2013-04-27):

     GNU debugger 7.6 binary and info format documentation:
     ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/gdb76b.zip

     GNU debugger 7.6 bfd, liberty and opcode libraries and headers:
     ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/gdb76a.zip



   Send GDB specific bug reports to <bug-gdb AT gnu DOT org>.
   Send suggestions and bug reports concerning the DJGPP port to
   comp.os.msdos.djgpp or <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>.


Enjoy.

         Guerrero, Juan Manuel <juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de>