[PATCH v2] contrib: add download_prerequisites script from GCC

[Jan Beulich]

On 22.07.2025 06:56, Jerry Zhang Jian wrote:
> GDB is not specifying the required version, so I simply follow GCC's version and it works fine on my end.
> 
> https://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb.html/Requirements.html

Which then means this script is potentially going to be misleading to
people. I wonder what other binutils maintainers think ...

Also, just to re-emphasize ...

>> On Jul 17, 2025, at 17:30, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 17.07.2025 10:40, Jerry Zhang Jian wrote:
>>> It is required to specify the gmp and mpfr path without the patch
>>
>> And gcc's and gdb's required / desired versions match (and will always do so)?
>>
>> Also please don't send private replies for on-list discussions, and please
>> don't top-post.

... please, really, don't top-post.

Jan

>>> Configure error:
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>> On Jul 17, 2025, at 16:38, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 17.07.2025 10:32, Jerry Zhang Jian via Binutils wrote:
>>>>> Add new download_prerequisites from GCC source tree to simplify the
>>>>> build dependencies setup for building GDB.
>>>>
>>>> Oh, gdb. Cc-ing their patches mailing list. But then I'm still unclear
>>>> how much of an overlap there is between gdb's and gcc's prereqs.
>>>>
>>>> Jan
>>>
>>
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