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Re: [PATCH v2 7/9] compile: New 'compile print'
- From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- To: Jan Kratochvil <jan dot kratochvil at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Paul_Koning at dell dot com, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, pmuldoon at redhat dot com
- Date: Thu, 09 Apr 2015 10:39:46 +0300
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 7/9] compile: New 'compile print'
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- Reply-to: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 22:03:15 +0200
> From: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
> Cc: eliz@gnu.org, gdb-patches@sourceware.org, pmuldoon@redhat.com
>
> Just make your cross-compiler accessible by $PATH and cross your fingers.
> If it does not work it is a bug that should be filed+fixed.
>
> It is questionable whether it should be in GDB manual or GCC manual.
> So far the GCC manual does not mention GCC's libcc1 GDB interface at all.
"Cross your fingers" is not a good proactive policy for someone who
has several different compilers installed. They need the information
requested by Paul to adapt this feature to their complex setups, which
we here will never be able to second-guess.
So I think we should tell the story in the manual, yes.