Re: [PATCH v5 01/20] scripts/gdb: Add infrastructure

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Jan> +if gdb_version < "7.1":
Jan> +	print "NOTE: gdb 7.1 or later required for Linux helper scripts " \
Jan> +	      "to work."

FWIW you can just directly feature-test for the things you know you need.
Like:  if not hasattr(gdb, 'parse_and_eval'): ...
In this case, 7.1 is old enough that it probably doesn't matter.
For newer things, though, it is better to feature-test because distros
sometimes forward-port patches, so the version number isn't a reliable
indicator.

Tom
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