Add deprecation notices for gdb and kgdb.
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Authored by jhb on Jul 4 2017, 4:06 PM.

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rS320675: Add deprecation notices for gdb and kgdb.

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Even though gdb and kgdb may not be removed for 12.0 on some architectures,
the notice is unconditional as these tools will likely be removed at some
point in the future.

Will merge this into 10.4 and 11.1.

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jhb created this revision.Jul 4 2017, 4:06 PM

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bump .Dd?
the deprecation notice is perhaps not true across all architectures?

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Jul 4 2017, 4:27 PM

I always defer the Dd bump until I actually commit.

While gdb might not be removed for some platforms on 12.0 (notably arm and sparc64), it will be eventually, so the notice will still be accurate in that sense. It is also difficulty to make the text per-arch.

Mainly I'm concerned about users on those architectures (particularly arm) seeing the notice and trying and failing to install a usable gdb from ports.

Closed by commit rS320675: Add deprecation notices for gdb and kgdb. (authored by jhb). · Explain WhyJul 5 2017, 3:23 PM

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I might sit down and redo arm from scratch and fix it for reals anyway.

(ports gdb for arm that is)

wblock added a subscriber: wblock.Jul 7 2017, 3:20 PM

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