From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 21 22:33:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39E15106566C for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:33:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout026.mac.com (asmtpout026.mac.com [17.148.16.101]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22EF28FC16 for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:33:52 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.209.4.71]) by asmtp026.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0L4D008W7YOGET40@asmtp026.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:33:52 -0700 (PDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1004200000 definitions=main-1006210139 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5,1.2.40,4.0.166 definitions=2010-06-21_01:2010-02-06, 2010-06-21, 2010-06-21 signatures=0 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: <4C1FE5A9.6030905@rawbw.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:33:51 -0700 Message-id: <1F624A05-30CA-4EE1-8AE0-6518051D01E3@mac.com> References: <4C1FE5A9.6030905@rawbw.com> To: Yuri X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why gdb isn't updated from 2004? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:33:53 -0000 On Jun 21, 2010, at 3:20 PM, Yuri wrote: > Current gdb version in 8.0 is 6.1.1. It was released in 2004. Current version is 7.1. > > Why it hasn't been updated? The latest versions of gdb are under GPLv3-- I believe starting from around Aug 2007 (aka gdb-6.7.1 or later). Regards, -- -Chuck