From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rock.gnat.com (rock.gnat.com [IPv6:2620:20:4000:0:a9e:1ff:fe9b:1d1]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D765738618E2 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:15:25 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org D765738618E2 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=adacore.com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=brobecker@adacore.com Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A00C4116469; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 11:15:25 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at gnat.com Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id QS-5ap6UPU-C; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 11:15:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from takamaka.brobecker.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7216F1163CE; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 11:15:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: by takamaka.brobecker.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DD82D849D5; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 08:15:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 08:15:23 -0700 From: Joel Brobecker To: Eli Zaretskii via Gdb Subject: Re: Unable to build GDB on Windows Message-ID: <20200928151523.GD15552@adacore.com> References: <833632m10q.fsf@gnu.org> <83zh5aklls.fsf@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <83zh5aklls.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.9.4 (2018-02-28) X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: gdb@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:15:27 -0000 > Btw, looking at Gnulib's getrandom.c, my conclusion is that a GDB > built on Windows 7 and later will be unable to run on older versions > of Windows, because it will have a static dependency on bcrypt.dll and > the BCryptGenRandom function from that DLL. IOW, such a GDB will > refuse to run on older Windows systems. I think that's fine. IMO, the general spirit should be that people interested in building a GDB that works on multiple versions of an OS should build it on the oldest version they want to support. I don't think we want to commit to anything stronger than that. -- Joel