Why did GNU binutils and GDB merge into one package?

Question

• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git

See, in particular, the tag section.

What is the reason for this decision? Does merging affect the proposed way to create the latest binutils and gdb? (In fact, when I checked binutils-2_25_1and ran make all && make install, I received gdb.)

Answer 1

I did the conversion. The reason I made them a unified repository was partly historical and partly practical.

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, gdb binutils . (configure ..); ( libiberty include); BFD; . , ( GCC, ), , . , , BFD, gdb, binutils.

configure script, , - --disable-DIR. , gdb, --disable-gdb.