Re: [PATCH 3/4] gdb: distinguish GNU and MSVC flavors of the Windows OS ABI

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:15:30 +0100
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> From: Pedro Alves <pedro@palves.net>
> 
> On 2026-07-14 12:57, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > This part is okay, but I think it would make sense to tell which
> > compilers produce binaries of Windows-MSVC ABI.  E.g., does the above
> > mean that GDB will now be able to debug programs produces by MSVC,
> > including use of the PDB debug data files?
> > 
> > Also, you only mention the 64-bit host and target triplets, but does
> > that mean this is limited to 64-bit Windows programs?
> 
> That was an example, and the "New targets" section being pointed at has the
> 32-bit x86 and AArch64 triplets.  But I can try to make it clearer, along with
> addressing your other points.
> 
> How about this?

Perfect, thanks.

> > Should we have a cross-reference here to the "Configure Options" node?
> 
> Sounds good.  Added it at the end, like:
> 
>  +the @code{--target} configure option) when that is a Windows flavor,
>  +and otherwise assumes the GNU flavor.  @xref{Configure Options}.

Thanks.

> Below's the full updated patch.

Fine by me, thanks.