From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2342 invoked by alias); 22 Oct 2007 17:27:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 2334 invoked by uid 22791); 22 Oct 2007 17:27:36 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:27:33 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B454A2AA657; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:27:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id yYB1zv41ur2V; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:27:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 791812AA60D; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:27:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 36997E7AC8; Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:27:29 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:51:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Ulrich Weigand Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [0/8] solib handler rework Message-ID: <20071022172729.GE764@adacore.com> References: <20071022032134.GA764@adacore.com> <200710221342.l9MDgRJO009199@d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200710221342.l9MDgRJO009199@d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i 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: 2007-10/txt/msg00512.txt.bz2 > Hmmm, maybe that -lxpdl library is something new that was added to > allow 32-bit x 64-bit cross-debuggers to be implemented? That is indeed a distinct possibility. > I guess there are two things to consider here: > > - If there is sometimes the need to add a special compatibility > library like -lxpdl, we need to add the appropriate configure > magic to make that happen ... This is the option that I prefer. I'm not sure that a 32bit GDB on HP/UX will be able to debug a 64bit program, but at least that's a step in that direction. -- Joel