Re: static linking of gdb

[Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de>]

On 4/6/20 3:42 PM, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Bernd" == Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de> writes:
> 
>>> gdb should normally not be linked with -static-libstdc++.  Currently
>>> this has not caused problems, but it's incompatible with catching an
>>> exception thrown from a shared library -- and a subsequent patch
>>> changes gdb to do just this.
> 
> Bernd> Now this makes me a bit nervios.
> 
> Bernd> Tom can you explain where this might happen?
> 
> The source highlight library throws exceptions as part of its API.
> 

Yes, understood, but why dont you catch them from a shared object,
and return normal return codes, if you like you can throw the same
exception from the static plugin layer ?

> I hadn't considered it.

You definitely should,  it is never too late to correct a wrong decision.
Not being able to link gdb statically is a major usability-regression.


Bernd.

> Tom
>