Building GDB from GIT
Since the GNU Toolchain has many shared modules it sometimes feels like you have to rebuild everything (assembler, linker, binutils tools, debugger, simulators, etc.) just to get one of the latest tools from source.
Having all this reusable shared code is fun, but it does make build times a bit long.
Luckily most of the “extras” can be disabled if all you want is a fresh new GDB. Sergio Durigan Junior added the GDB configure steps to the GDB wiki so you can build GDB in just a couple of minutes after checking it out.
git clone git://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git