[OE-core] [PATCH] gdb-cross-canadian: build gdb with python support

Richard Purdie richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org
Thu Jan 5 16:34:50 UTC 2012


On Wed, 2012-01-04 at 09:28 -0800, Khem Raj wrote:
> On (21/12/11 23:52), Zhang, Jessica wrote:
> > Hi Eric,
> > 
> > Yes, understand the usage and advantage, but still think apply the patch in meta-oe first then if later on there's strong demand for this feature we can pull into oe-core is the right approach.
> > 
> 
> what are your reasons for it to not be in oe-core/master ?
> python support is useful in gdb even on commandline
> Or are you aware of any bugs that will destabilize gdb ?

I think there are going to be two groups of people on this, the people
who want it and the people who don't. How about a PACKAGECONFIG option
for this?

I suspect over time the request will come in for gdb itself too which is
why I'm thinking ahead to that...

Cheers,

Richard





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