Re: Obsolete GDB's m32r support

Andrew Cagney
2002-06-18T13:52:33Z

> cagney wrote:
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>> [...] This target does not use GDB's multi-arch framework and all
>> such targets are either being obsoleted or multi-arched. [...]
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> Can you summarize the technical reasons for this dichotomy of
> outcomes? In what way does the presence of old targets pose a
> technical challenge to more modern multiarch'd ones? In other words,
> what technical reasons exist to not allow old targets to stick around
> as they are?

The rationale for this move has been discussed on a number of occasions
in the past, can I recommend a quick search through the e-mail archives
and a review of that previous debate.

Andrew