Re: GDB 9.1 release 2019-12-23 update

Christian Biesinger via gdb-patches
2019-12-26T22:40:21Z

On Tue, Dec 24, 2019 at 5:21 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 07:46:52 +0400
> > From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> > Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> >
> > > > - [Eliz] libtcf fails to build on MinGW
> > > > https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25155
> > > >
> > > > Problem reported to binutils on Dec 17th, but so far
> > > > no answer as far as I can tell.
> > > > https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2019-12/msg00277.html
> > > >
> > > > If we don't get an answer after the end of year holidays,
> > > > I suggest we send in a patch, which will likely help move
> > > > things along. From Eli's message on bugzilla, we shouldn't
> > > > be far from having one.
> > >
> > > I already have a patch, so I can apply it whenever you say so.
> >
> > Let's try to have it reviewed by the binutils folks if we can.
> > It seems relatively straightforward, but I tend to avoid fixing
> > things in a branch before it gets fixed in master. Maybe send
> > the patch to binutils with an RFA? If that doesn't work, then
> > we'll consider the option of just patching our branch so
> > we can release.
>
> I added an attachment with the patch to the Bugzilla report, it should
> appear shortly on the bug-binutils mailing list. Let's see what
> happens next.

I don't know how binutils works, but if they work like gdb, it may be
worth sending the patch to the binutils mailing list directly instead
of relying on people to read bug-binutils?

Christian