[PATCH 1/1] gdb: Document C++17 build requirement.

[Willgerodt, Felix]

Thanks for fixing the wiki!

I went ahead and pushed this under the "obvious" rule. I hope that is ok.

Regards,
Felix

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lancelot SIX <lsix@lancelotsix.com>
> Sent: Montag, 19. Februar 2024 19:14
> To: Willgerodt, Felix <felix.willgerodt@intel.com>
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] gdb: Document C++17 build requirement.
> 
> Hi Felix,
> 
> Thank for catching this, I missed that part of the documentation when
> doing the C++17 migration.
> 
> I have updated the wiki to reflect the C++17 requirement.
> 
> Reviewed-By: Lancelot Six <lancelot.six@amd.com>
> 
> Best,
> Lancelot.
> 
> On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 03:56:55PM +0100, Felix Willgerodt wrote:
> > We require C++17 to build for a while now:
> > https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-
> gdb.git;a=commit;h=f74dc26792a0679e29db45e56367331ff48666d1
> >
> > I also found another place we probably should update:
> > https://sourceware.org/gdb/wiki/Internals%20GDB-C-Coding-Standards#C.2B-
> .2B-_dialect
> > But I don't know how to do that.
> >
> > ---
> >  gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 6 +++---
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> > index e4b89cfccfc..79805486dd6 100644
> > --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> > +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
> > @@ -40555,9 +40555,9 @@ Other packages will be used only if they are found.
> >
> >  @heading Tools/Packages Necessary for Building @value{GDBN}
> >  @table @asis
> > -@item C@t{++}11 compiler
> > -@value{GDBN} is written in C@t{++}11.  It should be buildable with any
> > -recent C@t{++}11 compiler, e.g.@: GCC.
> > +@item C@t{++}17 compiler
> > +@value{GDBN} is written in C@t{++}17.  It should be buildable with any
> > +recent C@t{++}17 compiler, e.g.@: GCC.
> >
> >  @item GNU make
> >  @value{GDBN}'s build system relies on features only found in the GNU
> > --
> > 2.34.1
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