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Re: [RFC] link GDB against libunwind-ia64
On Aug 12, 2005, at 1:05 AM, Mark Kettenis wrote:
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:23:23 -0700
From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
Hello,
So I'd like to add an option so that GDB is explicitly linked against
libunwind-ia64, instead of using dlopen(). As a bonus, this may
simplify
our work in terms of binary distribution...
If libunwind-ia64 is always available on ia64-*-hpux*, we really
should simply link against it.
There's a libunwind on HP-UX that's part of the system, but it doesn't
have a libunwind-ia64 component. The libunwind-ia64 shared object is an
implementation detail of David Mosberger's library. Since we're talking
about libunwind-ia64, I can only assume that we're talking about David's
library. That library is not always available in the general case.
Still, I think it's good to be able to link against libunwind. It really
should be present on any ia64 system, irrespective of the OS.
--
Marcel Moolenaar marcel@cup.hp.com