Re: [PATCH 1/3] [gdbsupport] Add gdb::{waitpid,read,write,close}

[Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de>]

On 11/29/24 18:23, Simon Marchi wrote:
> 
>>> The problem is that you might have to cross build the packages gdb
>>> requires.  If you're lucky, your distro also packages them for
>>> mingw-w64.  For instance, it looks like Suse packages libgmp:
>>>
>>> https://software.opensuse.org/package/mingw64-gmp?locale=ro
>>>
>>> These are the configure flags I currently use for this build:
>>>
>>>      '--host=x86_64-w64-mingw32' \
>>>      'CFLAGS=-g3 -O0' \
>>>      'CC=ccache x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc' \
>>>      'CXXFLAGS=-g3 -O0 -fmax-errors=1' \
>>>      'CXX=ccache x86_64-w64-mingw32-g++' \
>>>      '--disable-source-highlight' \
>>>      '--disable-gold' \
>>>      '--disable-ld' \
>>>      '--disable-binutils' \
>>>      '--disable-gprof' \
>>>      '--disable-gas' \
>>>      '--without-python' \
>>>      '--disable-nls'
>>>
>>> I'll try to get it to build inside a Suse container.
>>>
>>
>> Oh, I see, that's a good idea, thanks, I'll try that.
>>
>> - Tom
> 
> Ok, I think I got it to work.  See attached Dockerfile.
> 
> Use with (fixup the path to the source tree in the `-v` flag):
> 
> $ docker build -t opensuse-gdb-mingw-w64 .
> $ docker run -v /home/simark/src/binutils-gdb:/src -it opensuse-gdb-mingw-w64:latest
> # ./build.sh
> 
> Of course, since you likely have a tumbleweed system already, you can
> simply install the required packages on that machine.
> 

Hi Simon,

thanks for the help.

I've reproduced the build error now (on my Leap 15.5 system), I'll take 
a look.

Thanks,
- Tom