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authorTom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>2019-04-21 13:58:49 -0600
committerTom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>2019-08-12 10:57:56 -0600
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downloadbinutils-gdb-86c6b807f50ecec84e55007bf6cb6e54c159727b.tar.gz
Require readline 7 or newer
This changes gdb to require readline 7 or newer at build time. gdb/ChangeLog 2019-08-12 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> * configure: Rebuild. * configure.ac: Check for readline 7. * NEWS: Mention readline 7 requirement. * README: Update. gdb/doc/ChangeLog 2019-08-12 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> * gdb.texinfo (Configure Options): Document minimum version of readline.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2019-08-12 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Configure Options): Document minimum version of
+ readline.
+
2019-08-09 Alan Hayward <alan.hayward@arm.com>
* gdb.texinfo (AArch64 Pointer Authentication): Fix typo.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
index c8ca757989c..523e3d0bfe1 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
+++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo
@@ -36905,7 +36905,8 @@ details.
@item --with-system-readline
Use the readline library installed on the host, rather than the
-library supplied as part of @value{GDBN}.
+library supplied as part of @value{GDBN}. Readline 7 or newer is
+required; this is enforced by the build system.
@item --with-system-zlib
Use the zlib library installed on the host, rather than the library