Re: ncurses replacing ptx issues

[Dan Kegel <dkegel at ixiacom dot com>]

gdb just expects termcap / ncurses to be available in
"the usual place", i.e. it expects linking with -lncurses to work;
this usually means the .so files end up in the target/lib directory.
Also, the ncurses library has hardcoded into it the location
at which the termcap files need to be at runtime.

If that doesn't answer the question, then procede to
understanding and debugging the gdb configure script as I described earlier.

By the way, I hope that core dump you're trying to read wasn't
from a multithreaded program.  Last I checked, multithreaded
core dumps still didn't work in Linux.
- Dan

Wolcott, Ken (MED, Compuware) wrote:
> Hi Dan;
>
>   Thank you.  I'll report my progress.  Where does gdb expect termcap to be?
>
> Ken
>
> On Wednesday 29 October 2003 16:45, Dan Kegel wrote:
>
> > Wolcott, Ken (MED, Compuware) wrote:
> >
> > >  So does ncurses provide all that gdb needs?  In that case I no longer
> > > need to build crosstool with --builduserland?
> >
> > I only suggested using crosstool's --builduserland as
> > an 'easy' way to build ncurses, since it happened to do it.
> >
> > Newer ptxdist versions actually compile gdb for you, too.
> > If you get stuck doing it by hand, you might give
> > the latest cvs of ptxdist-testing a shot, and have it build
> > gdb.  Don't bother with crosstool's ptxdist in that case
> > (unless I happen to do a new release of crosstool with
> > an up-to-date ptxdist by the time you try it).
> >
> >
> > >  There seems to be a significant variance between what currently exists
> > > on invisible-island.net ftp server regarding ncurses patches than your
> > > script assumes, so I'm editing it to match those up.  I assume I will
> > > need all patches at the same or later timestamp that you downloaded?
> >
> > I suspect the current monthly invisible-island.net patch should be fine...
> >
> >
> > >  Hope a get a working arm9 gdb soon, or I'm going to be in host water
> > > :-(
> > >
> > >  I really appreciate your tips and patience with me...
> >
> > Good luck!
> >
> > - Da
>
> n



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