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Date:      Fri, 4 Dec 2020 14:28:44 -0500
From:      Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
To:        FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>,  "freebsd-toolchain@FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-toolchain@freebsd.org>,  freebsd-stable stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Removing obsolete GDB 6.1.1 for FreeBSD 13
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On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 at 12:43, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
> I would like to remove GDB 6.1.1 before FreeBSD 13, and propose to
> switch the GDB knob to default to NO in the near future. If the
> crashinfo utility and related man pages do not already include
> references to installing the gdb port/package I will add those before
> making the change.

The crashinfo man page now references the gdb port/package, and
crashinfo itself emits a message that the port/package should be
installed if kgdb is not found.

GDB's proposed retirement has now been added to
https://wiki.freebsd.org/DeprecationPlan.

I expect to make GDB default to NO next week, and then remove it from
the tree a week or two later, if there is no compelling objection.



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