Re: probing GDB for MI versions

Andrew Cagney
2004-10-06T20:10:21Z

> On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 03:09:58PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote:
>
>>> If a current GDB were modified to list mi "versions" then it would only
>>> print mi2, which is the version selected by -i=mi. If your front end
>>> specifies -i=mi1 then you're on your own - it's not tested - it doesn't
>>> work.
>
>
> WHAT?!? This is what I have been asking all along? It was the foundation
> to this conversation. Where were you to inform everyone of this?

s/everyone/you/. I've been reading the thread.

> Are you saying that old versions of MI are not supported by GDB? Only
> the last official release of the MI protocol is supported and that no
> other versions that it used to speak with are supported or tested?

I'm simply pointing out the obvious - what we don't test [likely]
doesn't work. I certainly wouldn't be putting the sheep station(1) on
this one, given such odds.

Andrew

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