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authorJoel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>2020-12-21 06:21:41 +0400
committerJoel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>2020-12-21 06:21:41 +0400
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gdb.texinfo: Document GMP as mandatory requirement to build GDB
gdb/doc/ChangeLog * gdb.texinfo (Requirements): Add GMP to list of requirements.
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+2020-12-21 Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Requirements): Add GMP to list of requirements.
+
2020-12-18 Hannes Domani <ssbssa@yahoo.de>
* python.texi (TUI Windows In Python): Remove erroneous 'a'.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
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@@ -37832,6 +37832,15 @@ recent C@t{++}11 compiler, e.g.@: GCC.
@item GNU make
@value{GDBN}'s build system relies on features only found in the GNU
make program. Other variants of @code{make} will not work.
+
+@item GMP (The GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library)
+@value{GDBN} now uses GMP to perform some of its arithmetics.
+This library may be included with your operating system distribution;
+if it is not, you can get the latest version from
+@url{https://gmplib.org/}. If GMP is installed at an unusual path,
+you can use the @option{--with-libgmp-prefix} option to specify
+its location.
+
@end table
@heading Tools/Packages Optional for Building @value{GDBN}