Re: patch for compiles that don't define "unix"

[Fernando Nasser <fnasser at cygnus dot com>]

Stan Shebs wrote:
> 
> Fernando Nasser wrote:
> >
> > [...]  The rdi-share subdirectory is
> > supposed to
> > contain code shared with ARM, so we shouldn't make local modifications
> > in there
> > (unless absolutely necessary).
> 
> As far as I know, ARM dumped these sources years ago, and there
> aren't going to be new versions to import.  (Anybody with more
> recent inside contacts please speak up.)  There's a lot of flakiness
> and unfinished code in it too, and nobody volunteering to redo,
> so I'd say not to worry too much about the amount of local mods -
> just do whatever it takes to keep it working.
> 

We are trying to get them to talk to us so we can get this and some
other issues solved.  ARM has their own tools though, so Free Software
may be seen as competition.  But I know people want to buy ARM boards and 
yet run GNU tools, so there is still hope they become more cooperative
at some point.


> And the next time somebody tries to get a random library
> imported into the code verbatim because "ours is the best
> implementation of the protocol, and we're going to maintain it",
> Just Say No.  I'm so sorry I put rdi-share in there.
> 

Don't feel sorry.  Many of us have ARM boards (or boards with the 
ARM Angel monitor on it) and we are only able to use GDB on it 
because the rdi-share directory is in there.  This protocol is 
hard to implement and it would take a while until someone would
contribute one written from scratch.



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