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Re: [RFC] Suggested ways to remove the need for xm-go32.h
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 08:18:02AM -0700, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> > I don't think that "rb" versus "r" can be autoconf'ed. The gdb
> > configure script would need to execute a host program to figure out
> > whether "rb" is supported or not, and that won't work if build != host.
> > Or maybe I'm wrong about that and there's some way to do it.
>
> I must say I am not convinced that it is such a good idea to support
> that setup. I wouldn't bother about this until somebody has a real
> interest in that support, and then can step up and maintain it.
> In the meantime, we're just letting the best be the enemy of good, and
> as a consequence have to find elaborate solutions to problems made more
> complex by this requirement. Intellectually rewarding, but slows down
> development.
For the previous question of testing, I don't think it's a worthwhile
requirement; however, it's a very important requirement for build time.
I build with --build != --host routinely. So do a lot of Cygwin folks,
I think.
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Daniel Jacobowitz