From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from qproxy2-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com (qproxy2-pub.mail.unifiedlayer.com [69.89.16.161]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 908D1385382E for ; Tue, 16 May 2023 15:04:28 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org 908D1385382E Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=tromey.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=tromey.com Received: from outbound-ss-820.bluehost.com (outbound-ss-820.bluehost.com [69.89.24.241]) by qproxy2.mail.unifiedlayer.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C7CD80350B5 for ; Tue, 16 May 2023 15:04:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cmgw14.mail.unifiedlayer.com (unknown [10.0.90.129]) by progateway2.mail.pro1.eigbox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFF23100424CE for ; Tue, 16 May 2023 15:03:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from box5379.bluehost.com ([162.241.216.53]) by cmsmtp with ESMTP id ywDTpWcPlZZlcywDTpuI99; Tue, 16 May 2023 15:03:55 +0000 X-Authority-Reason: nr=8 X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=F56SyotN c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=64639b5b a=ApxJNpeYhEAb1aAlGBBbmA==:117 a=ApxJNpeYhEAb1aAlGBBbmA==:17 a=dLZJa+xiwSxG16/P+YVxDGlgEgI=:19 a=P0xRbXHiH_UA:10:nop_rcvd_month_year a=Qbun_eYptAEA:10:endurance_base64_authed_username_1 a=LWDUg-46AAAA:8 a=HhFLBxXaRT7RZOLaehoA:9 a=0m5oFGktkVSl59jdpf0v:22 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tromey.com; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date:References :Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:List-Subscribe: List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=85dkCp2KZeHGBUbVtyB82gvPipGMmIscAWH6Cyyr+Vs=; b=YgvjlAK3TEZV1PD6VdZM5PaEv6 qzheMdEWdO/miZLJO4mkg8xCZYahbr59xK4MJ/lmC7meUXechb989pNKY/1o2KzUa8pNDq0i/deur psr7u1OxY80p5/0KXZ0Ec8t3O; Received: from 75-166-157-55.hlrn.qwest.net ([75.166.157.55]:54094 helo=murgatroyd) by box5379.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLS1.2) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1pywDT-002oNe-5I; Tue, 16 May 2023 09:03:55 -0600 From: Tom Tromey To: Mark Harmstone Cc: Alan Modra , "binutils@sourceware.org" , gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] pdb: Allow loading by gdb References: <20230509003247.24156-1-mark@harmstone.com> <29be8841-c2c8-9256-42f8-723cd44dfc0c@harmstone.com> X-Attribution: Tom Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 09:03:54 -0600 In-Reply-To: <29be8841-c2c8-9256-42f8-723cd44dfc0c@harmstone.com> (Mark Harmstone's message of "Mon, 15 May 2023 02:04:29 +0100") Message-ID: <87353w2u91.fsf@tromey.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - box5379.bluehost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - sourceware.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tromey.com X-BWhitelist: no X-Source-IP: 75.166.157.55 X-Source-L: No X-Exim-ID: 1pywDT-002oNe-5I X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Source-Sender: 75-166-157-55.hlrn.qwest.net (murgatroyd) [75.166.157.55]:54094 X-Source-Auth: tom+tromey.com X-Email-Count: 4 X-Source-Cap: ZWx5bnJvYmk7ZWx5bnJvYmk7Ym94NTM3OS5ibHVlaG9zdC5jb20= X-Local-Domain: yes X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3019.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE 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: >>>>> "Mark" == Mark Harmstone writes: Mark> On 10/5/23 01:56, Alan Modra wrote: >> I think you'd be better off staying with just one format, and >> bfd_archive probably fits pdb files better than bfd_object. Mark> Thanks Alan. But `add-symbol-file` is set up to accept object Mark> files - does this imply that I should change it to treat PDB Mark> archives as a special case? It seems fine to me as long as add-symbol-file doesn't end up letting users supply ".a" files. I guess I'd expect the usual approach to be something more automatic though? Tom