Re: [patch 1/2] Make gdbtui a shell script

Joel Brobecker
2011-12-21T12:24:03Z

> it is discussed for years it is not great to have almost the same gdb and
> gdbtui binaries, each ~5MB. Make gdbtui a shell script.
>
> I am not so sure how well is the shell script portable across Unices.
> I assume MinGW is out of question anyway but that may not be a concern.

How about not providing gdbtui at all, not even a shell script?
Hmmm, maybe a little extreme?

On the other hand, would it work if the script was called from
a MinGW shell as well? I am pretty sure it'd work on cygwin
platforms, and maybe it would be the same with MinGW shells?

(I haven't looked at the patch yet).

> Fedora has been using gdb<->gdbtui hardlink but according to Tom
> argv[0] should not be used. GNU Coding Standards IMO do not say
> exactly this thing.

I remember reading the same as Tom, but that was a while ago.

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Joel