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Re: questions about some branches
- From: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- To: Dmitry Malichenko <dmitryml at gmail dot com>
- Cc: archer at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:51:40 +0200
- Subject: Re: questions about some branches
- References: <7e975d0b0904300838r7427755eva10d554f455e8998@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:38:22 +0200, Dmitry Malichenko wrote:
> 4) archer-jankratochvil-vla
> Purpose: C variable length arrays / DW_FORM_block / Fortran dynamic arrays
> Question: Could you please describe what 'C variable length arrays' mean?
For
int test (int n)
{
int a_int[n], i;
FSF GDB:
(gdb) p a_int
$1 = 0x7fffffffd3a0
Branch "archer-jankratochvil-vla" GDB:
(gdb) p a_int
$1 = {10, 11, 12}
> There are also some general questions:
> - Had somebody merged the branches mentioned above together?
Partially:
Branch "archer" has been maintained as the fresh merge of all until recently.
Branch "archer-jankratochvil-fedora-merge" is working but a bit older
(2 months?) snapshot, it is built with other patches for Fedora:
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/packageinfo?packageID=295
> - What is the difference between Master and Archer branch?
"master" = FSF GDB, just a GIT repository for:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/current/
"archer" = currently unmaintained merge.
> - Is it supposed to merge Archer with GDB (main branch) in future?
Yes.
Regards,
Jan