[Buildroot] [Bug 9441] New: Link BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GDB_SERVER_COPY to BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG

[Buildroot] [Bug 9441] New: Link BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GDB_SERVER_COPY to BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=9441

            Bug ID: 9441
           Summary: Link  BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GDB_SERVER_COPY to
                    BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG
           Product: buildroot
           Version: 2015.08
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5
         Component: Other
          Assignee: unassigned at buildroot.uclibc.org
          Reporter: blf_sn at yahoo.fr
                CC: buildroot at uclibc.org
  Target Milestone: ---

Dear all,
What do thing you about enabling  BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GDB_SERVER_COPY when
BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG is selected? Or create a submenu for BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG ( build
packages with debugging symbols) and setBR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GDB_SERVER_COPY
as a submenu element of BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG.

Very often, I enable BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG and forgot to select
BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GDB_SERVER_COPY because there are not in the same menus.
I suppose, may be wrongly, I am not the only one to make that mistake.
Best Regards!
Birahim

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[Buildroot] [Bug 9441] Link BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_GDB_SERVER_COPY to BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG

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https://bugs.busybox.net/show_bug.cgi?id=9441

Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX

--- Comment #1 from Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> ---
While I understand your reasoning, I don't think we want to do that. Indeed,
some people like you need debugging symbols to use with gdbserver on the
target. But there are lots of other use cases for building with debugging
symbols:

 - Using the full blown gdb directly on the target
 - Using tools like objdump/readelf on the host, without necessarily needing
gdbserver on the target

Hence, I don't think we want to tie building with debugging symbols with having
gdbserver copied to the target.

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