From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 30229 invoked by alias); 16 Apr 2012 20:01:30 -0000 Received: (qmail 30221 invoked by uid 22791); 16 Apr 2012 20:01:29 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,KHOP_RCVD_UNTRUST,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_W,SPF_HELO_PASS,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:01:13 +0000 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q3GK19Tm009832 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:01:09 -0400 Received: from barimba (ovpn01.gateway.prod.ext.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.9.1]) by int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q3GK176i003197 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO); Mon, 16 Apr 2012 16:01:08 -0400 From: Tom Tromey To: Pedro Alves Cc: Jan Kratochvil , Yao Qi , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Fix in-src-tree builds by making gdbserver/gnulib/ a separate library (a la libiberty, etc.), and adding ACX_CONFIGURE_DIR. References: <1334127046-27627-1-git-send-email-yao@codesourcery.com> <20120413212559.GA5867@host2.jankratochvil.net> <4F88F188.1050401@codesourcery.com> <20120415164917.GA2861@host2.jankratochvil.net> <4F8BFB25.5030808@redhat.com> <4F8C5794.5050302@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:06:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: <4F8C5794.5050302@redhat.com> (Pedro Alves's message of "Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:32:04 +0100") Message-ID: <87vckzzbss.fsf@fleche.redhat.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.95 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain 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: 2012-04/txt/msg00430.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Pedro" == Pedro Alves writes: Pedro> I think that we should use more of gnulib in other parts of the Pedro> src tree, replacing libiberty in the role of pure host Pedro> compatibility layer (e.g., on the binutils side as well). I agree. Pedro> Then, both GDB and GDBserver are made to build and link the Pedro> resulting libgnu.a under gnulib/gnulib/libgnu.a (instead of the Pedro> current gnulib/libgnu.a). It seems like a good approach to me. I'm in favor of it. Pedro> The Real, Proper, Ideal fix for this, IMO, is to make gdbserver a Pedro> proper src top level project/directory, on the same level as GDB, Pedro> and make the new gnulib "library" a top level project as well, on Pedro> the same level as GDB and libiberty. Then, the top level Pedro> configure would only try to build the gnulib directory once, by Pedro> design, and would build both gdb and gdbserver if both are Pedro> supported by the host, or only gdb if building a cross debugger. Yeah, this would be good too; but I understand why you wouldn't want to do it :-) Tom