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authorTom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>2019-04-21 13:58:49 -0600
committerTom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>2019-08-12 10:57:56 -0600
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Require readline 7 or newer
This changes gdb to require readline 7 or newer at build time. gdb/ChangeLog 2019-08-12 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> * configure: Rebuild. * configure.ac: Check for readline 7. * NEWS: Mention readline 7 requirement. * README: Update. gdb/doc/ChangeLog 2019-08-12 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> * gdb.texinfo (Configure Options): Document minimum version of readline.
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Using another implementation of the make program or an earlier version of
GNU make to build GDB or GDBserver is not supported.
+* Building GDB now requires GNU readline >= 7.0.
+
+ GDB now bundles GNU readline 8.0, but if you choose to use
+ --with-system-readline, only readline >= 7.0 can be used.
+
*** Changes in GDB 8.3
* GDB and GDBserver now support access to additional registers on