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Re: Assume solib.h
> Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:59:07 -0500
> From: Andrew Cagney <cagney@gnu.org>
> Cc: mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl, joseph@codesourcery.com, kevinb@redhat.com,
> gdb-patches@sources.redhat.com
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> > I'm with Mark on this one: a patch that potentially breaks a supported
> > platform doesn't get my vote. If a platform is supported, it deserves
> > that we don't break it, and calling it ``marginal'' doesn't change
> > anything.
>
> Eli, can you perhaphs explain what exactly you mean by "supported"
Like Daniel, I consider "supported" any target for which GDB builds
and works, and which is not declared deprecated.
> how the GNU project benefits by expending already limited resources
> on continually fixing vax-ultrix - a non GNU system
The same way it benefits by expending already limited resources on
fixing other targets--by being useful to our users.
> and how my change breaks it?
This part I don't know the details about. Mark said that it does
break, and I spoke on the assumption that you agree with the fact of
breakage, but don't consider it important.