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Date: Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:26:00 -0000
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Subject: Re: libiberty
From: Chris Sutcliffe <ir0nh34d@gmail.com>
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>> I'm building gdb for MinGW and I was wondering if gdb needs to use
>> it's own libiberty? =A0If not, is it possible to link against the
>> libiberty included as part of binutils? =A0How would I go about doing so
>> assuming it is possible?
>
> Generally GDB needs to use its own copy. =A0Applications using libiberty
> always include their own copy for this reason.

Fair enough, is there a way to add a prefix specifically to gdb's
libiberty (i.e. instead of installing to lib32/libiberty.a install to
lib32/gdb/libiberty.a), or perhaps add a suffix (like libiberty.gdb.a)
so as to not cause a conflict with binutils' libiberty?

Thank you,

Chris

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