[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/gdb: ARC version has stringent dependencies on host gcc

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 21:31:39 +0000, Alexey Brodkin wrote:

> Indeed our GDB is based on very up to date upstream sources so all
> limitations for GDB 8.x are valid for ARC's one.
> 
> That said it has nothing to do with ARCH but only GDB version makes sense.
> So why don't we just introduce BR2_GDB_VERSION_ARC which will be the only option
> for ARC and will have the same set of "depends" as BR2_GDB_VERSION_8_0?

If we do that, then we would end up with gdb being available, but no
version selectable on ARC if the host has a compiler older than gcc
4.8. We prefer to hide gdb entirely in such a situation.

Best regards,

Thomas
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