From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14651 invoked by alias); 21 Dec 2011 13:47:21 -0000 Received: (qmail 14639 invoked by uid 22791); 21 Dec 2011 13:47:20 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,MSGID_MULTIPLE_AT X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mailhost.u-strasbg.fr (HELO mailhost.u-strasbg.fr) (130.79.200.154) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:47:05 +0000 Received: from md2.u-strasbg.fr (md2.u-strasbg.fr [IPv6:2001:660:2402::187]) by mailhost.u-strasbg.fr (8.14.3/jtpda-5.5pre1) with ESMTP id pBLDkfmW057901 ; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:46:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from pierre.muller@ics-cnrs.unistra.fr) Received: from mailserver.u-strasbg.fr (ms3.u-strasbg.fr [130.79.204.12]) by md2.u-strasbg.fr (8.14.4/jtpda-5.5pre1) with ESMTP id pBLDkegN022098 ; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:46:40 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from pierre.muller@ics-cnrs.unistra.fr) Received: from E6510Muller (gw-ics.u-strasbg.fr [130.79.210.225]) (user=mullerp mech=LOGIN) by mailserver.u-strasbg.fr (8.14.4/jtpda-5.5pre1) with ESMTP id pBLDke4P013014 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) ; Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:46:40 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from pierre.muller@ics-cnrs.unistra.fr) From: "Pierre Muller" To: "'Joel Brobecker'" , "'gdb-patches'" References: <20111221114720.GC25652@host2.jankratochvil.net> <20111221125919.GJ23376@adacore.com> In-Reply-To: <20111221125919.GJ23376@adacore.com> Subject: RE: [patch 2/2] Do not build libgdb.a by default Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:01:00 -0000 Message-ID: <004001ccbfe6$f747e890$e5d7b9b0$@muller@ics-cnrs.unistra.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2011-12/txt/msg00724.txt.bz2 > -----Message d'origine----- > De=A0: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org [mailto:gdb-patches- > owner@sourceware.org] De la part de Joel Brobecker > Envoy=E9=A0: mercredi 21 d=E9cembre 2011 13:59 > =C0=A0: Jan Kratochvil > Cc=A0: gdb-patches@sourceware.org; Sergio Durigan > Objet=A0: Re: [patch 2/2] Do not build libgdb.a by default >=20 > > with the default build of only "gdb" after [patch 1/2] it no longer > > makes much sense to build *.o -> libgdb.a and then libgdb.a -> gdb. > > Use *.o files directly for gdb. libgdb.a build is still supported for > > its rare users, it is just not built by the default rule. >=20 > Just wondering, who are the rare users? insight? We (Free Pascal core team) are still using libgdb.a library to statically link GDB into our "home made" IDE with GDB debugger integrated... I don't mind much needed to explicitly ask for libgdb.a library, but please leave the rule present! Pierre Muller GDB pascal language maintainer and Free Pascal compiler core developer=20