From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org (eggs.gnu.org [IPv6:2001:470:142:3::10]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5AAF3858C53 for ; Sat, 5 Nov 2022 13:27:05 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org D5AAF3858C53 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gnu.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gnu.org Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1orJCR-0008EN-3M; Sat, 05 Nov 2022 09:27:04 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=uxDQcgRf7cHXUoZNiwfuKdR1IS+KMrYgQ4s4KyMEm2c=; b=gGebc+hz9qPI C5Yu5av0xNWTpagL+EVxMou2KInEGuf8WA3afD8JhZJtUslm3p474GiUoeFdvjau4jeC6KSYuVAPg AEnvF1PPiz3bYnm4z4K2P3Xx8ggkGaEhp0qxBGtl6fjTyQxc/i2bz0dl94+a39U0P+eS9Uw7pSjkq K4hgf1YYoopR5YqhjIG0r8AxV5d595nEIa59o4O0k/mda87oKAEp5vMeJx1J2oeytxNiIMqsuTOXg dx50cIvaQlDqv3IsYZMz1mL8SUE/zl8/z3lzcU3Xt2X9M/y0SoIXzZ/r8WEryIk4IlMgUkZpBsun2 QaARrOhSb1WuNLcYx3x22w==; Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1orJCO-0006uX-Vj; Sat, 05 Nov 2022 09:27:02 -0400 Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2022 15:26:58 +0200 Message-Id: <83v8nt3525.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: "Jose E. Marchesi" Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, indu.bhagat@oracle.com, elena.zannoni@oracle.com In-Reply-To: <20221105130827.1194771-1-jose.marchesi@oracle.com> (gdb-patches@sourceware.org) Subject: Re: [PATCH] gdb: link executables with libtool References: <20221105130827.1194771-1-jose.marchesi@oracle.com> X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: > Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2022 14:08:27 +0100 > From: "Jose E. Marchesi via Gdb-patches" > Cc: indu.bhagat@oracle.com, elena.zannoni@oracle.com > > This patch changes the GDB build system in order to use libtool to > link the several built executables. This makes it possible to refer > to libtool libraries (.la files) in CLIBS. If this is supposed to be installed before we start the release cycle of GDB 13, I question the wisdom of making such a significant change when we are so close to the next release. Does this solve some grave problems, or can we wait until after GDB 13?