cross-compiling gdb5: ncurses target/host

Andrew Cagney ac131313@cygnus.com
Mon Sep 17 21:51:00 GMT 2001


> Hello,
> 
> can anyone indicate whether ncurses support is required on host only or host and target
> for canfiguring and cross-compiling successfully the gdb package? If support is required on target too, can
> anyone indicate why this is so? (i am using a small embedded system with limited resources...)

GDB, native or cross, does things like determine the hosts terminal 
dimensions.  The host, and not the target needs a curses package or similar.

Andrew




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