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Re: [mingw rfc] Add mkdtemp to gdb/gnulib/ [Re: [PATCH v4 14/14] the "compile" command]
- From: Kai Tietz <ktietz at redhat dot com>
- To: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- Cc: Yao Qi <yao at codesourcery dot com>, Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2014 08:11:09 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: [mingw rfc] Add mkdtemp to gdb/gnulib/ [Re: [PATCH v4 14/14] the "compile" command]
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Hi,
----- UrsprÃngliche Mail -----
> Hi Yao,
>
> > I can reproduce your build failure with x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc too.
> > Looks gnulib sys_time module needs update, or maybe we have to use win32
> > api, such as GetTempPath and GetRandomFileName.
>
> Do you mean that the problem is solved with a more recent version
> of gnulib?
>
> I would personally take a two-step approach: First, immediately
> fix the build issue using the second recommendation you made, which
> is to use win32 routines on Windows hosts for now. Then, we can
> work towards first upgrading gnulib, and then importing mkdtemp.
> I find that updating gnulib to always be fairly disruptive, which
> is why I propose we stabilize the problem first to get builds
> working back ASAP, and then look at gnulib.
>
> --
> Joel
>
I fully agree with Joel.
Kai