From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15904 invoked by alias); 28 Aug 2007 12:40:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 15742 invoked by uid 22791); 28 Aug 2007 12:40:46 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from eastrmmtao102.cox.net (HELO eastrmmtao102.cox.net) (68.230.240.8) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:40:40 +0000 Received: from eastrmimpo02.cox.net ([68.1.16.120]) by eastrmmtao102.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20070828124038.DOMD19980.eastrmmtao102.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net>; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:40:38 -0400 Received: from black ([70.181.32.198]) by eastrmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id hQgd1X00T4GV2Jm0000000; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:40:38 -0400 Received: from bob by black with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IQ0N3-0001Bs-H0; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 08:40:37 -0400 Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 12:40:00 -0000 From: Bob Rossi To: Nick Roberts Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_P=F6nitz?= , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Questions about gdb/mi support on the Mac Message-ID: <20070828124037.GK6213@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> <18132.3298.249088.106225@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <18132.3298.249088.106225@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) 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/msg00231.txt.bz2 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