From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 735 invoked by alias); 28 Aug 2007 11:54:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 653 invoked by uid 22791); 28 Aug 2007 11:54:29 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from viper.snap.net.nz (HELO viper.snap.net.nz) (202.37.101.8) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:54:17 +0000 Received: from kahikatea.snap.net.nz (204.40.255.123.static.snap.net.nz [123.255.40.204]) by viper.snap.net.nz (Postfix) with ESMTP id A42C63D9D1F; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:54:14 +1200 (NZST) Received: by kahikatea.snap.net.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1353E8FC6D; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:54:11 +1200 (NZST) From: Nick Roberts MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <18132.3298.249088.106225@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:54:00 -0000 To: Bob Rossi Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_P=F6nitz?= , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Questions about gdb/mi support on the Mac In-Reply-To: <20070828112438.GJ6213@cox.net> References: <46CF1A71.1020002@sun.com> <200708281029.27514.apoenitz@trolltech.com> <18131.58128.433536.819432@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <20070828105502.GA7419@caradoc.them.org> <20070828112438.GJ6213@cox.net> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 22.1.50.12 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2007-08/txt/msg00230.txt.bz2 > > > If your frontend must run on a Mac then you either need to compile FSF > > > GDB for the Mac (if that's possible) > > > > It isn't. > > Well, in that case, hopefully people realize that apple is making some > silly decisions by making a monopoly on gdb front ends. Not that I > believe this was there intention, but I do believe it was a > consequence of there irresponsibility. It's not silly and it's not a monopoly. They're accountable to their shareholders, not us. All Apple's changes are released under GPL and available from their repository. Anyone can merge them back into FSF GDB, if they wish. Indeed, we have done some of that in the past. -- Nick http://www.inet.net.nz/~nickrob