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Re: GDB 7.10 release 2015-08-10 status update
- From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- To: Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, yao dot qi at arm dot com, dje at google dot com
- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 07:17:57 -0700
- Subject: Re: GDB 7.10 release 2015-08-10 status update
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- References: <20150810170421 dot GD22225 at adacore dot com> <20150811134027 dot GA24095 at blade dot nx>
> > As of today, we still have 3 items on the TODO list before
> > we can release:
> ...
> > * [GaryB] Resolve <<Change how "target:" gets into filenames>>
> >
> > The latest discussion I found was (Aug 5th):
> > https://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2015-08/msg00117.html
> > ... but it looks like the wrong version of the patches was sent.
> >
> > Any update on this?
>
> Patch 1 adds a warning message, so users at least know what is
> happening. It can go in if people are ok with it.
>
> Patch 2 is imperfect: it makes transfers interruptible between files,
> but the user has to wait for the current transfer to complete. Making
> transfers interruptible mid-flight doesn't look straightforward. I've
> filed a bug (https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18804)
> but I don't intend to work on it any time soon. So patch 2 can go in
> if people want it, or it can be left out.
Thanks for the update, Gary. I hadn't followed the discussion all
that closely, but I thought that there was some discussion to avoid
the issue entirely by changing the default behavior in some cases.
Were there some decisions/changes made in that area?
--
Joel