From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20606 invoked by alias); 28 Aug 2007 13:54:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 20386 invoked by uid 22791); 28 Aug 2007 13:54:14 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from eastrmmtao106.cox.net (HELO eastrmmtao106.cox.net) (68.230.240.48) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:54:07 +0000 Received: from eastrmimpo02.cox.net ([68.1.16.120]) by eastrmmtao106.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20070828135405.CSRO14604.eastrmmtao106.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:54:05 -0400 Received: from black ([70.181.32.198]) by eastrmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id hRu51X0074GV2Jm0000000; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:54:05 -0400 Received: from bob by black with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1IQ1W9-0001i8-0m for gdb@sourceware.org; Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:54:05 -0400 Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:54:00 -0000 From: Bob Rossi To: gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Questions about gdb/mi support on the Mac Message-ID: <20070828135404.GB5758@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> <20070828113349.GA9440@caradoc.them.org> <20070828125304.GL6213@cox.net> <20070828131324.GA14264@caradoc.them.org> <20070828133733.GA5758@cox.net> <20070828134536.GA16522@caradoc.them.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070828134536.GA16522@caradoc.them.org> 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/msg00237.txt.bz2 On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 09:45:36AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 09:37:33AM -0400, Bob Rossi wrote: > > OK, when my users say, "hey, why doesn't cgdb work on mac os x anymore?", > > I'll tell them either, "add support to cgdb yourself" or > > "no, really, it's a good thing that apple ported gdb to Mac OS X and > > cgdb doesn't work". > > > > This is literally the position I'm in. How do you suggest I reason about > > the possibilities I have? Do you have a better possibility for me? > > Would you rather they hadn't ported any GDB to Mac OS X at all? Tell > your users that Apple's port does not include what cgdb needs. It's > no different from someone complaining that it doesn't work on any > platform with no GDB port at all. I really don't know. I suppose it's a good thing that apple did the port. Actually, I think I'll just point them to this thread, I think I've made my case fair enough. Bob Rossi