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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) 7.5 uploaded.
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:43:08 +0200
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This the port of GNU debugger (GDB) 7.5 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 contains both versions of GDB.  The first one has been compiled
    with TUI, mpc, mpfr, gmp, zlib and pdcurses support enabled and is named
    "gdbtui".  The second one only with mpc, mpfr, gmp and zlib support enabled
    is named "gdb".  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 gcc471, bnu222br4 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/mpc09b.zip>
    <ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/mpfr301b.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/gmp502b.zip>
    <ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/mpc09b.zip>
    <ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/mpfr301b.zip>

  The binary package contains both versions of the program, gdbtui.exe is the
  one with TUI support and gdb.exe is the one without TUI support.  You can
  keep the one you prefer and delete the other one.

  As usual, all djgpp specific files (build.sh, diffs, README files, etc.)
  are located in the /djgpp directory.  The suorces 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 2012-08-21):

    GNU debugger 7.5 binary and info format documentation:
    ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/gdb75b.zip

    GNU debugger 7.5 bfd, liberty and opcode libraries and headers:
    ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/gdb75a.zip

    GNU debugger 7.5 dvi, html, ps and pdf format documentation:
    ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/gdb75d.zip

    GNU debugger 7.5 source:
    ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/gdb75s.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 (timestamp 2012-08-21):

    GNU debugger 7.5 binary and info format documentation:
    ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/gdb75b.zip

    GNU debugger 7.5 bfd, liberty and opcode libraries and headers:
    ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/beta/v2gnu/gdb75a.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>