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Re: [patch gdb]: Fix some DOS-path related issues in gdb

> Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 18:58:32 +0400
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
> Cc: Kai Tietz <ktietz70@googlemail.com>, gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> 
> > I didn't know that the Windows 64bit target can use ELF debug info.
> > Can it?  With what toolchains?
> > 
> > As for mdebugread.c, I always thought it was MIPS specific.  What
> > other platforms use it?
> 
> These would still be pertinent in the case of cross debugging, no?
> If the files were cross-compiled on Windows, the debug info would
> contain file paths that follow the Windows convention...

Is that use-case even practical?  Who would develop on Windows if they
have Linux or Irix?

Anyway, if others don't mind to have DOS-ism in mdebugread.c and
elfread.c, I don't object.
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