gdb: The GNU Project debugger#

Description#

GDB, the GNU Project debugger, allows you to see what is going on “inside” another program while it executes – or what another program was doing at the moment it crashed.

License#

GPL v3+

Upstream Contact#

http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/

Special Update/Build Instructions#

Current version needs makeinfo installed to build successfully.

Type#

experimental

Dependencies#

Version Information#

package-version.txt:

8.2

Equivalent System Packages#

$ apk add gdb

No package needed.

$ brew install gdb
$ sudo port install gdb
$ sudo zypper install gdb
$ sudo xbps-install gdb

See https://repology.org/project/gdb/versions

However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage because spkg-configure.m4 has not been written for this package; see github issue #27330 for more information.