[PATCH] configure: remove dependencies on gmp and mpfr when gdb is disabled

Clément Chigot chigot@adacore.com
Wed Jan 4 07:51:28 GMT 2023


Hi Andrew,

On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 6:41 PM Andrew Pinski <pinskia@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at 5:53 AM Clément Chigot <chigot@adacore.com> wrote:
> >
> > Since 991180627851801f1999d1ebbc0e569a17e47c74, the configure checks
> > about GMP and MPFR for gdb builds have been moved to the toplevel
> > configure.
> > However, it doesn't take into account the --disable-gdb option. Meaning
> > that a build without gdb will require these libraries even if not
> > needed.
>
> I see the conversion of enable_gdb to noconfigdirs is not done until
> later or I would have suggested the patch below.
> Though I wonder if we should rearrange configure.ac but maybe that is
> post GCC 13 branching off.

That might be a good idea. But for now, I would rather fix the build
of binutils rapidly, if you don't mind.

For my personal knowledge, why are the GCC directories being
"configurable" with the binutils configure ? I find it weird to have
--enable-libgo in binutils configure.

Clément

> Thanks,
> Andrew Pinski
>
> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index 3a1eb0357e5..cbfc21eb2e9 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -1585,7 +1585,9 @@ if test -d ${srcdir}/gcc ; then
>    require_mpc=yes
>  fi
>  if test -d ${srcdir}/gdb ; then
> -  require_gmp=yes
> +  case "${noconfigdirs}" in
> +    *gdb*) require_gmp=yes ;;
> +  esac
>  fi
>
>  gmplibs="-lmpfr -lgmp"
>
> >
> > ChangeLog:
> >
> >         * configure.ac: Skip GMP and MPFR errors when --disable-gdb is
> >         provided.
> >         * configure: Regenerate.
> > ---
> >  configure    | 4 +++-
> >  configure.ac | 4 +++-
> >  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/configure b/configure
> > index 417fc5a970c..0fb8279cb8f 100755
> > --- a/configure
> > +++ b/configure
> > @@ -8426,11 +8426,13 @@ you obtained GMP, MPFR and/or MPC from a vendor distribution package,
> >  make sure that you have installed both the libraries and the header
> >  files.  They may be located in separate packages." "$LINENO" 5
> >      else
> > -      as_fn_error $? "Building GDB requires GMP 4.2+, and MPFR 3.1.0+.
> > +      if test "x$enable_gdb" != xno; then
> > +        as_fn_error $? "Building GDB requires GMP 4.2+, and MPFR 3.1.0+.
> >  Try the --with-gmp and/or --with-mpfr options to specify
> >  their locations.  If you obtained GMP and/or MPFR from a vendor
> >  distribution package, make sure that you have installed both the libraries
> >  and the header files.  They may be located in separate packages." "$LINENO" 5
> > +      fi
> >      fi
> >    fi
> >  fi
> > diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> > index 3a1eb0357e5..0ec2fffcb56 100644
> > --- a/configure.ac
> > +++ b/configure.ac
> > @@ -1814,11 +1814,13 @@ you obtained GMP, MPFR and/or MPC from a vendor distribution package,
> >  make sure that you have installed both the libraries and the header
> >  files.  They may be located in separate packages.])
> >      else
> > -      AC_MSG_ERROR([Building GDB requires GMP 4.2+, and MPFR 3.1.0+.
> > +      if test "x$enable_gdb" != xno; then
> > +        AC_MSG_ERROR([Building GDB requires GMP 4.2+, and MPFR 3.1.0+.
> >  Try the --with-gmp and/or --with-mpfr options to specify
> >  their locations.  If you obtained GMP and/or MPFR from a vendor
> >  distribution package, make sure that you have installed both the libraries
> >  and the header files.  They may be located in separate packages.])
> > +      fi
> >      fi
> >    fi
> >  fi
> > --
> > 2.25.1
> >


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