[Buildroot] [PATCH v3 1/1] package/gdb: host-texinfo needed for full gdb

[Vicente Olivert Riera <Vincent.Riera@imgtec.com>]

Dear all,

On 09/08/2015 11:29 PM, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> On 09-09-15 00:09, Romain Naour wrote:
>> Hi Arnout, All,
>>
>> Le 08/09/2015 23:50, Arnout Vandecappelle a ?crit :
>>> On 08-09-15 21:27, Brendan Heading wrote:
>>>> Fixes :
>>>> http://autobuild.buildroot.net/results/dd5/dd50ed99abb2c8495def826866b184030953f90e/
>>>
>>>  So, we now have three versions to fix this:
>>>
>>> Romain patches gdb to avoid recursing in the doc directory [1][2]
>>> Vicente does the same but with a sed instead of patch [3].
>>> Brendan adds host-texinfo to dependencies (this patch) [4].
>>>
>>>  Which one do we choose?
>>>
>>>  host-texinfo takes a bit of time to build because it also depends on
>>> host-ncurses, but it's not a huge problem.
>>>
>>>  The best solution is adding an upstreamable --disable-doc, but that will take a
>>> bit of work still (esp. because we can't easily autoreconfigure).
>>
>> I sent a patch to gdb mailing list to add --disable-docs option but it's not
>> tested since I can't regenerate the configure script locally.
>>
>> See https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2015-09/msg00073.html
>>
>> I'm waiting for a review.
>>
>>>
>>>  So for me Brendan's patch is fine. What do the others think?
>>
>> I would prefer to avoid host-texinfo dependency if possible.
> 
>  I agree, but perhaps we can commit Brendan's patch until the --disable-docs
> option is there.

Brendan's patch while we wait for --disable-docs sounds as the best
option for me as well.

Regards,

Vincent.

>  Regards,
>  Arnout
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