RFC: Use same gdb on RTEMS 5 as RTEMS 6

[Joel Sherrill]

On Sun, Sep 19, 2021, 5:11 PM Chris Johns <chrisj at rtems.org> wrote:

> On 20/9/21 2:51 am, Joel Sherrill wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > The gdb version (9.x)  we are using for RTEMS 5 tools does not build
> > on Cygwin and hasn't for a while.
> >
> > https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26757
> >
> > I looked at bumping minor revisions in the gdb 9 series but they still
> > don't build. Using the same gdb 10 configuration we use on rtems 6
> > does build.
> >
> > I haven't found a patch that applies cleanly from a trusted source. I
> > could create one but I really feel more comfortable just bumping to
> > gdb 10.
>
> Currently I am not as conformable ...
>

Ok. I'll make the patch from gdb git work.


> > Any thoughts before I file a ticket and propose a patch?
>
> The RTEMS 6 GDB does not build on all supported hosts so I think we should
> have
> that happen before we head down this path. The host list I have is Linux,
> FreBSD, MacOS, MSYS2 and Cygwin?
>
> Chris
>