From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 130196 invoked by alias); 29 Aug 2018 16:25:27 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 130097 invoked by uid 89); 29 Aug 2018 16:25:14 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 spammy=downside, day X-HELO: gateway31.websitewelcome.com Received: from gateway31.websitewelcome.com (HELO gateway31.websitewelcome.com) (192.185.143.47) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:25:13 +0000 Received: from cm15.websitewelcome.com (cm15.websitewelcome.com [100.42.49.9]) by gateway31.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12356A37BF for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:25:06 -0500 (CDT) Received: from box5379.bluehost.com ([162.241.216.53]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id v3GmfAgFbbXuJv3H3fVzhO; Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:25:05 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tromey.com; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=CP2jyhyRp4N6ex5lOPyVSRd7x+glu/bnIjvweLULdtw=; b=xWWMf/R/35HfeVfRBKlQVnI7Km FBr895OP4HEVO8krXJZRIiLGLZkE+3OfobRtG/3thHOIba0tDyNxcwTSS7D3jbWWOWiF4nKhriZDJ ZX7OL2IBmyDZgzo9xABRqoIpF; Received: from 75-166-85-72.hlrn.qwest.net ([75.166.85.72]:51136 helo=pokyo) by box5379.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.91) (envelope-from ) id 1fv3Gm-002chQ-8Z; Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:24:36 -0500 From: Tom Tromey To: Simon Marchi Cc: SiZiOUS , Eli Zaretskii , Pedro Alves , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [PATCH][PR build/23568] Fix gdb-7.12.1 MinGW/MSYS build issue References: <56c5911c-e0ba-5a17-64bb-3634af60a07d@gmail.com> <18eaf339-ca0a-061c-4a17-b837e6ef81a2@redhat.com> <83wosa2yos.fsf@gnu.org> <56153263-c5e6-45ce-8629-c5a77cf17f5b@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2018 16:25:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: (Simon Marchi's message of "Wed, 29 Aug 2018 11:50:43 -0400") Message-ID: <87va7t3zuk.fsf@tromey.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-SW-Source: 2018-08/txt/msg00744.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Simon" == Simon Marchi writes: >> And I know, the MinGW/MSYS original project is maintained but almost >> deprecated in favour of MinGW-w64/MSYS2 project. But I really need XP >> support for my needs. >> I proposed this patch because it's really simple and not intrusive, >> but you're right, how many people uses that old MinGW/MSYS project? Simon> If the missing definition is indeed a mingw bug, but there is really Simon> no way of getting a new mingw release with that fixed because the Simon> project is unmaintained (but still useful to some people), I would not Simon> be against a patch like what you proposed. I would however add a Simon> clear comment for why this is needed, so that if some day we Simon> officially decide not to support this mingw, we can remove it. Also, is there any downside to the original patch? If not then I think we might as well accept it, subject to Simon's request here. Tom