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 9081A3858C56 for ; Sun, 3 Mar 2024 10:57:27 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 9081A3858C56 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gnu.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gnu.org ARC-Filter: OpenARC Filter v1.0.0 sourceware.org 9081A3858C56 Authentication-Results: server2.sourceware.org; arc=none smtp.remote-ip=2001:470:142:3::10 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1709463448; cv=none; b=yGaUZQOW8/4P2zdUTaJOae/kIxFcosoICcENT6/ofNOm+s7TZ6l6/vymnQg6vX76jziCUtrfrk1ewPdcRVuopls9GN/e1wRYtlxDgg+CBcFhz76kJ2Q/VstoBoQ0+rGk+h0RUGsik3rSm4STqXJ9Ugtfr/T67hobdbVjzNSLvjU= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=sourceware.org; s=key; t=1709463448; c=relaxed/simple; bh=gRyu8vFgxwjlFTHRPK5kiPEyXgiN+dn74NSzaWB1qTw=; h=DKIM-Signature:Date:Message-Id:From:To:Subject; b=Ysi+XYPnJTGQ7BXaGXAM+eaY09sj8Vh1Y1D6D7JTIjpyd859vwWGAhWxH3cPxvmvxbE5T7dB/sxyJSOAq+z/Cd+gJf3A1efhdUOLdODPXlQRrTDHjTyCIaTbyhyGBYQ1Fv1TJXnajLOaWIQre7SvWlM9U1u2+voxaKSbnr/w52A= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; server2.sourceware.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 1rgjX5-0003uY-6e; Sun, 03 Mar 2024 05:57:27 -0500 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=e6m4lio4ZodHQvKif2MAmGEFcMFDPvn5dJBWB/CNYbs=; b=GaccjzvBFbII QHZvcs3RKiPupVFjs5l4ND0Wtc41Pk+sVus8N6aEXKj2BoCgkjuCaWX0pT9VsmToE9gFsR3QFzm4d bCFKKfFJBMU+ZcFwSK4SG7Xc6JZ+KwTUcIlylP8/ve6CuySDCPCTzcQxLwuH5tEpSi7jbmqDTiGMk BM6qnKO5nZIjhmwsB4LUklfAG9ffKyNn9zklPLVkZWQBTfGJ6cCU6y2pkHeRcbb3Tmgh/FhPwVNzi hwtzEyoMkqnivxoeTDPht42E/FZhPXwJxbOkUxli3I8KrRKeFPU3jg4hjNP5agJ3qjTbsGaqDvzo7 cQQelZiDlN3NzR4Wo3J6XA==; Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2024 12:57:23 +0200 Message-Id: <86h6hnoa5o.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Orgad Shaneh Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org In-Reply-To: (message from Orgad Shaneh on Sun, 3 Mar 2024 11:46:53 +0200) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support MSYS platform References: <20240303075907.1188-1-orgad.shaneh@audiocodes.com> <86msrfofre.fsf@gnu.org> X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,DKIM_VALID_EF,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: > From: Orgad Shaneh > Date: Sun, 3 Mar 2024 11:46:53 +0200 > Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org > > But before that: what exactly is the MSYS target, and how does it > differ from MinGW and Cygwin targets? > > See https://www.msys2.org/docs/what-is-msys2/ > > It is based on Cygwin, but focuses on support for native Windows apps. > > It also features a decent package manager, which Cygwin doesn't. I was asking what is the native debugging target for this build. I'm guessing those are MSYS2 (as opposed to MinGW64) programs, is that right? Because if you say "support for native Windows apps", then it is not clear how is this different from the MinGW port of GDB, which also targets native Windows programs.