From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12779 invoked by alias); 23 Apr 2010 11:15:27 -0000 Received: (qmail 12770 invoked by uid 22791); 23 Apr 2010 11:15:26 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from sibelius.xs4all.nl (HELO glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl) (83.163.83.176) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:15:25 +0000 Received: from glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl (kettenis@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o3NBDWqd027223; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:13:32 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from kettenis@localhost) by glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o3NBDS94030996; Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:13:28 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:15:00 -0000 Message-Id: <201004231113.o3NBDS94030996@glazunov.sibelius.xs4all.nl> From: Mark Kettenis To: pedro@codesourcery.com CC: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, eliz@gnu.org, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org In-reply-to: <201004231146.22671.pedro@codesourcery.com> (message from Pedro Alves on Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:46:22 +0100) Subject: Re: [gdb/libiberty] Improve support for cross debugging shared libraries with DOS style pathnames (from Unix hosts) References: <201004221824.27019.pedro@codesourcery.com> <83y6ge35xi.fsf@gnu.org> <201004231146.22671.pedro@codesourcery.com> 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: 2010-04/txt/msg00784.txt.bz2 > From: Pedro Alves > Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:46:22 +0100 > > On Friday 23 April 2010 09:54:17, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > > From: Pedro Alves > > > > > (gdb) help set target-file-system-kind > > > Set assumed file system kind for target reported paths > > > > Please don't use "path" when you really mean "file name". It's > > confusing; "path" should be reserved for lists of directories such as > > PATH or INFOPATH. > > Oh. I really meant a "path", as in: > > "A path, the general form of a filename or of a directory name, > specifies a unique location in a file system." > > (From .) > > I suppose that's why we have IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH, and not IS_ABSOLUTE_FILE_NAME, > and such. > > IMO, it's the use of singular path or "search path" to mean > "list of directories" that's overloaded. > "Set assumed file system kind for target reported file names" > kind of sounds like it is only talking about the filename "/dir1/dir2/files1" > (or directory and filenames, if you think of a directory a file as well). > Maybe I could just get rid of the mention of paths/file names, and go with: > > "Set the assumed file system kind of the target." > > Anyway, I'll change it to what you think is clearer. I think that depends on whether you're coming from a UNIX environment or a DOS environment. To me (not really having used DOS for two decades) path is perfectly clear and acceptable.