In-tree gdb is essentially obsolete. We kept it for sparc64 (because
gdb in ports lacked sparc64 support) and as a fallback for crashinfo.
gdb was installed to /libexec on all archs other than sparc64, where the
WITHOUT_GDB_LIBEXEC option was default, with gdb installed to /usr/bin.
With sparc64's retirement WITH_GDB_LIBEXEC became the default for all
architectures, but it was still possible to set it off and install gdb
into /usr/bin.
As the next step in gdb's retirement, remove the option and install gdb
only into /libexec as the crashinfo fallback. We expect users to install
the gdb port or package for debugging. The in-tree gdb lacks support for
a number of supported architectures and does not support contemporary
DWARF debug info.
Reviewed by: jhb (earlier)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D24227
only installed on arm and sparc64.
It is the only bits that keeps us having libreadline in base
The rest of gdb can be switched to libedit and will be in another
commit
When this option is enabled, only gdb and kgdb are installed to
/usr/libexec for use by crashinfo(8). Other bits of GDB such as
gdbserver and gdbtui are not installed. For this option to be
effective, GDB must be enabled.
Rework r317094 to re-enable GDB on all platforms but enable
GDB_LIBEXEC on platforms for which the GDB in ports is a superset of
functionality.
Reviewed by: emaste, kib
Suggested by: kib
Relnotes: yes
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D10449
To be able to info pages consider installing texinfo from ports print/texinfo or
via pkg: pkg install texinfo
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1409
Reviewed by: emaste, imp (previous version)
Relnotes: yes