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From: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
To: Aleksandar Ristovski <aristovski@qnx.com>
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Subject: Re: patch: solib_break from _r_debug.r_brk
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>>>>> "Aleksandar" == Aleksandar Ristovski <aristovski@qnx.com> writes:

Aleksandar> Tom, thanks for looking into this, but I have meanwhile done
Aleksandar> further testing on gnu/linux and uncovered that it is not
Aleksandar> worth pursuing. While it works for us, it doesn't on
Aleksandar> gnu/linux and I am not sure it can be made generic enough to
Aleksandar> defend it:
Aleksandar> http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2011-10/msg00043.html

Aleksandar> Sorry about that.

No problem.  Somehow I didn't see that message.

I think we can always make things work.  E.g., we could make this
OS-dependent, say via gdbarch.  Whether you want to take the time is
really up to you.

Tom