Re: Questions about gdb/mi support on the Mac

Bob Rossi
2007-08-28T12:40:49Z

On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 11:54:10PM +1200, Nick Roberts wrote:
> > > > 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.

Ummm, what would be the point? I'm sure they would continue modifying
GDB and most front ends still wouldn't work with GDB on Mac OS X.
Honestly, I don't care, as I don't use OS X. I'm sure I'll get some
people that aren't happy though. O well.

Bob Rossi