Re: [patch] make --disable-gdbmi work

Aleksandar Ristovski
2008-01-31T21:01:39Z

Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 03:50:27PM -0500, Aleksandar Ristovski wrote:
>> The attached patch fixes the problem.
>
> My opinion is that we don't want this functionality any more. MI used
> to be optional, but it is a central part of GDB nowadays, and
> conditional compilation is hard to maintain.
>

It certainly adds some effort to maintenance, but it's not as bad as it may
sound, especially since the change is not extensive at all (see the patch).

For embedded systems, it is important to have as small a binary as possible, and
if we can reduce it with reasonable effort, I would say, why not?