[ANNOUNCEMENT] GDB 16.1 released!

Joel Brobecker brobecker@adacore.com
Wed Jan 22 11:07:17 GMT 2025


> >> If/when this is merged I do plan to back-port this to the gdb-16-branch,
> >> but given the build following the suggested steps works fine, I'm not
> >> sure this justifies a follow up release.  But I wanted to raise this for
> >> discussion.
> >
> > I fear that using a relative path to configure when building out-of-tree
> > might be fairly common. Thankfully, the workaround is relatively
> > straightforward, so once users get the answer, they can move forward
> > quickly, but getting this answer may not be straightforward.
> >
> > It might be worth doing a first corrective release right away.
> 
> The bfd fix was approved and merged to master.  I have also pushed the
> fix to the gdb-16-branch.  If we did want a corrective fix then we have
> everything we need in place.

Great news!

What's the general sentiment towards the corrective release?
Do people agree that it's worth the effort doing on now?

-- 
Joel


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