From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gateway20.websitewelcome.com (gateway20.websitewelcome.com [192.185.50.28]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 67A783945050 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 14:11:19 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 67A783945050 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=tromey.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=tom@tromey.com Received: from cm13.websitewelcome.com (cm13.websitewelcome.com [100.42.49.6]) by gateway20.websitewelcome.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C5CB400D5C15 for ; Mon, 6 Apr 2020 07:54:54 -0500 (CDT) Received: from box5379.bluehost.com ([162.241.216.53]) by cmsmtp with SMTP id LST7jkOxmVQh0LST7jwD1E; Mon, 06 Apr 2020 09:11:17 -0500 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 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=tC4tplhYY8GoTj7YT9s/KedLDjbnK/wZ0zOqJKIDX3g=; b=tMf6WLSYOqUqdUJ/NhxhXEuJBT VNpPM2wvbqHGTRtmD0byU7XvFx1t+VLa657hzsaDvjV1kzgW8mPlxK8viczddVzzHqT5YdzOAmz4W rUAKEZCOjrvfqQzMx6tKGwbRf; Received: from 174-16-110-145.hlrn.qwest.net ([174.16.110.145]:49870 helo=murgatroyd) by box5379.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1jLST7-002lB5-DR; Mon, 06 Apr 2020 08:11:17 -0600 From: Tom Tromey To: Bernd Edlinger Cc: Tom Tromey , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: static linking of gdb References: <837dyut6kx.fsf@gnu.org> <87r1x0hgs7.fsf@tromey.com> X-Attribution: Tom Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 08:11:16 -0600 In-Reply-To: (Bernd Edlinger's message of "Mon, 6 Apr 2020 15:45:23 +0200") Message-ID: <87y2r8embf.fsf@tromey.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box5379.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - sourceware.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tromey.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 174.16.110.145 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1jLST7-002lB5-DR X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: 174-16-110-145.hlrn.qwest.net (murgatroyd) [174.16.110.145]:49870 X-Source-Auth: tom+tromey.com X-Email-Count: 2 X-Source-Cap: ZWx5bnJvYmk7ZWx5bnJvYmk7Ym94NTM3OS5ibHVlaG9zdC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL, RCVD_IN_ABUSEAT, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_NEUTRAL, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb-patches@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb-patches mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 14:11:21 -0000 >>>>> "Bernd" == Bernd Edlinger writes: Bernd> You definitely should, it is never too late to correct a wrong decision. Bernd> Not being able to link gdb statically is a major usability-regression. Here: https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-patches/2020-April/167390.html ... you said you don't want or need source highlight, so I suppose I considered the matter closed. Anyway, I don't really understand how your proposal would work. How does it not just move the problem from gdb to this shim library? It would be fine to patch source highlight to change the API. I'm a maintainer of it, I'd approve clean patches to that end. (However, I don't plan to do it myself, I only became a maintainer to land a few fixes and do a release.) Tom