From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9996 invoked by alias); 17 Aug 2008 14:56:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 9985 invoked by uid 22791); 17 Aug 2008 14:56:40 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:56:01 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E4292A96CE; Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:55:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id rRYI2o+3Fhn5; Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:55:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (nile.gnat.com [205.232.38.5]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 05E3E2A96CC; Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:55:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <48A83BFE.1060002@adacore.com> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:42:00 -0000 From: Robert Dewar User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mario Emmenlauer CC: Stan Shebs , Stan Shebs , "Dr. Rolf Jansen" , gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: gdb supported on powerpc-apple-darwin ? References: <48A6E7E9.3070004@emmenlauer.de> <958EAB4C-D513-4823-9111-25A6F5743307@surtec.com> <48A71019.7060503@codesourcery.com> <48A74D74.5040707@emmenlauer.de> <48A76233.4090201@earthlink.net> <48A76541.1020201@adacore.com> <48A83B53.8070003@emmenlauer.de> In-Reply-To: <48A83B53.8070003@emmenlauer.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: 2008-08/txt/msg00212.txt.bz2 Mario Emmenlauer wrote: > Hi, > > Robert Dewar wrote: >> Stan Shebs wrote: >>> A concerted effort by one person (either inside or outside Apple) >>> could probably get the two versions back in sync, but it's a >>> heavy-duty hacking project that will likely take a number of months of >>> fulltime effort. >> Interestingly, for GNAT we face the issue of getting an Ada supported >> GDB working on x86 Mac's, and we have to decide whether to move all the >> Ada stuff to the Apple version, or to tackle the merge. > > Would 'tackle the merge' mean dedicate the needed programmer time? > This would be a huge step for the community... Well we need to solve this problem one way or another, not clear yet what approach will be most practical and economical.