[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] Revert "gdb-cross-canadian: build gdb with python support"

[Kamble, Nitin A]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Bénard [mailto:eric at eukrea.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 10:08 AM
> To: Kamble, Nitin A
> Cc: openembedded-core at lists.openembedded.org; Martin.Jansa at gmail.com;
> richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Revert "gdb-cross-canadian: build gdb with
> python support"
> 
> Hi Nitin,
> 
> Le Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:35:16 -0700,
> nitin.a.kamble at intel.com a écrit :
> 
> > From: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble at intel.com>
> >
> > This reverts commit 1cb4614f1d5e482b88ea372d1841a6c313a49941.
> >
> > and bump PR
> >
> > This fixes this bug:
> > [YOCTO #2077] - memory buffer mess up of i586-poky-linux-gdb in meta-
> toolchain
> > https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2077
> >
> this configuration should work as python is enabled in gdb in most
> modern distribution, the problem here may be in the libreadline of the
> host system.
> May you please try to remove --with-system-readline from
> EXTRA_OECONF in gdb-common.inc so that gdb doesn't try to use the
> libreadline of your old ubuntu system ?
> 
> If that solves the problem this would allow us not to loose this python
> scripting capability which is quite useful in gdb.
> 
> Thanks
> Eric
> --
> http://eukrea.com/en/news/104-2012

Hi Eric,
  I tried removing the "--with-system-readline" from the EXTRA_OECONF. It did not change the behavior of the issue.
Also I noticed that that commit never worked in the tree. I have built it on fedora and suse systems.

Nitin