linux-kernel - Re: Get new GDB for UBUNTU from launchpad PPA

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Date:	Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:50:30 -0600
From:	Tom Tromey <tromey@...hat.com>
To:	Hui Zhu <teawater@...il.com>
Cc:	gdb@...rceware.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Get new GDB for UBUNTU from launchpad PPA

>>>>> ">" == Hui Zhu <teawater@...il.com> writes:

>> 3.  The package is named "gdb-7.3" and "gdb-trunk", and the GDB that
>> installed to the system is named "gdb-7.3" and "gdb-7.3.5".  So it
>> will not affect the GDB that you install in before.  You can use the
>> old one directly if you got some trouble with the new one.

I think it is a mistake to call it "7.3" -- a version which has not been
released.

Distros that ship modified or early releases modify the --version output
to show something different, e.g.:

    opsy. gdb --version
    GNU gdb (GDB) Fedora (7.1-34.fc13)

Please do the same with your releases.

Tom
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