From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 23083 invoked by alias); 24 Aug 2007 16:16:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 22969 invoked by uid 22791); 24 Aug 2007 16:16:46 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from sibelius.xs4all.nl (HELO brahms.sibelius.xs4all.nl) (82.92.89.47) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:16:40 +0000 Received: from brahms.sibelius.xs4all.nl (kettenis@localhost.sibelius.xs4all.nl [127.0.0.1]) by brahms.sibelius.xs4all.nl (8.14.1/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l7OGGSoY022359; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:16:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from kettenis@localhost) by brahms.sibelius.xs4all.nl (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l7OGGOhD010090; Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:16:25 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:16:00 -0000 Message-Id: <200708241616.l7OGGOhD010090@brahms.sibelius.xs4all.nl> From: Mark Kettenis To: drow@false.org CC: gdb@sourceware.org In-reply-to: <20070824153333.GA30256@caradoc.them.org> (message from Daniel Jacobowitz on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:33:33 -0400) Subject: Re: GDB transition to GPLv3 should now be complete References: <20070824151251.GG6056@adacore.com> <200708241528.l7OFSgDi030135@brahms.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <20070824153333.GA30256@caradoc.them.org> 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/msg00192.txt.bz2 > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:33:33 -0400 > From: Daniel Jacobowitz > > On Fri, Aug 24, 2007 at 05:28:42PM +0200, Mark Kettenis wrote: > > > Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:12:51 -0400 > > > From: Joel Brobecker > > > > > > GDB is now licensed under the terms of GPLv3. > > > > > > There is one issue identified left before the release: printing of > > > signed and unsigned characters and strings. I found the patch > > > submission, but it looks like it never went in (for lack of agreement > > > on it?). > > > > Yes, and I think the only reasonable thing to do in this case is to > > stick with historical behaviour. > > I posted a patch for what I believe is a better reasonable choice, on > July 5th. If you don't think it is acceptable, could you respond to > it, please? > > http://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2007-07/msg00101.html I thought I did. Anyway, the arguments have been given before: 1. There is quite a bit of code that uses "unsigned char *" for strings, to avoid unwanted sign extension. 2. Not all debug formats (most notably stabs) do not make the distinction between unqualified "char" and "(un)signed char". Mark