From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4624 invoked by alias); 5 Feb 2006 22:45:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 4616 invoked by uid 22791); 5 Feb 2006 22:45:31 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from gandalf.inter.net.il (HELO gandalf.inter.net.il) (192.114.186.17) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sun, 05 Feb 2006 22:45:26 +0000 Received: from nitzan.inter.net.il (nitzan.inter.net.il [192.114.186.20]) by gandalf.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.1-GA) with ESMTP id HUE02275; Mon, 6 Feb 2006 00:45:17 +0200 (IST) Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 (IGLD-80-230-207-47.inter.net.il [80.230.207.47]) by nitzan.inter.net.il (MOS 3.7.3-GA) with ESMTP id CQD56893 (AUTH halo1); Mon, 6 Feb 2006 00:45:16 +0200 (IST) Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 22:45:00 -0000 Message-Id: From: Eli Zaretskii To: gdb-patches@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <20060205202027.GA5574@nevyn.them.org> (message from Daniel Jacobowitz on Sun, 5 Feb 2006 15:20:27 -0500) Subject: Re: RFA: Support Windows extended error numbers in safe_strerror Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii References: <20060203215455.GA3501@nevyn.them.org> <200602032325.k13NPJ6g028001@elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <20060203233935.GA13238@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <20060205002710.GC8728@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> <20060205020114.GA25947@nevyn.them.org> <8f2776cb0602042339s5f2fa822md543ee05bed367e1@mail.gmail.com> <20060205202027.GA5574@nevyn.them.org> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2006-02/txt/msg00110.txt.bz2 > Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 15:20:27 -0500 > From: Daniel Jacobowitz > Cc: Jim Blandy , gdb-patches@sourceware.org > > > Reality check: how many other non-embedded platforms have their cross- > > and native targets separated? > > Could you clarify what you mean by this? As far as I can interpret it, > the answer is "every". ``Separated'' as in ``not in the same executable''. > > > Also, the kinds of things needed to host GDB on a platform are best > > > kept partitioned away from the stuff needed for doing native target > > > debugging, simply as a matter of design. It's a simple matter of > > > separation of concerns. > > > > Then please explain why do we compile ser-unix.c with native Unix > > targets, and ser-go32.c with the DJGPP native target. > > I'd call that a perfect example of Jim's point. It's also a perfect example of my point: cross-debugger is usually part of the same build as the native one. Anyway, I'm not interested in continuing this discussion. I hoped we could have a separate MinGW target, native and otherwise, but since it looks like there's no agreement, let's move on.