From cygwin-return-60717-listarch-cygwin=sourceware dot cygnus dot com at cygwin dot com Thu Oct 31 17:31:47 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: listarch-cygwin at sourceware dot cygnus dot com Received: (qmail 24832 invoked by alias); 31 Oct 2002 17:31:45 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help at cygwin dot com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner at cygwin dot com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin at cygwin dot com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin at cygwin dot com Received: (qmail 24727 invoked from network); 31 Oct 2002 17:31:44 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO relay3.softcomca.com) (168.144.1.70) by sources dot redhat dot com with SMTP; 31 Oct 2002 17:31:44 -0000 Received: from M2W067.mail2web.com ([168.144.108.67]) by relay3.softcomca.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5329); Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:31:42 -0500 Message-ID: <54360-2200210431173142644@M2W067.mail2web.com> X-Priority: 3 Reply-To: lhall at rfk dot com X-Originating-IP: 209.113.174.244 From: "lhall at pop dot ma dot ultranet dot com" To: scott dot prive at storigen dot com, cbfalconer at worldnet dot att dot net, cygwin at cygwin dot com Subject: RE: gdb hangs on a 486 Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 12:31:42 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-OriginalArrivalTime: 31 Oct 2002 17:31:42.0751 (UTC) FILETIME=[60BA6AF0:01C28103] Hm, an interesting thought=2E This would require packages to=20 provide some information, probably in their setup=2Ehint, to=20 indicate their configuration target=2E Could work=2E But unless there are packages that are configured specifically for other=20 than the default "i686", I don't think it would be a feature=20 that would get much use=2E But I'm willing to be proven wrong on=20 this=2E :-) Larry Original Message: ----------------- From: Scott Prive Scott=2EPrive@storigen=2Ecom Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:06:22 -0500 To: lhall@rfk=2Ecom, cbfalconer@worldnet=2Eatt=2Enet, cygwin@cygwin=2Ecom Subject: RE: gdb hangs on a 486 > At this point, I think most (all?) Cygwin packages are=20 > configured like this=2E > Whether or not that's true, it's not unwarranted=2E There's=20 > good reason to=20 > make use of the newer architectures' capabilities=2E At the risk of asking for Yet Another Feature =2E=2E=2E and I'm thinking o= ut loud more than anything else=2E=2E=2E it would be friendly for the setup utilit= y to do a CPU check vs=2E the packages you selected=2E I know=2E=2E "patches gratefully accepted"=20 (You wouldn't want a patch in C from me=2E trust me :-) >=20 >=20 >=20 > >The whole system was downloaded through setup within the past 20 > >days=2E Gdb came up in a windowed rather than command line > >version=2E After the hang the mouse was dead and the system needed > >rebooting=2E I normally can run for weeks without reboots=2E >=20 >=20 > gdb -nw >=20 >=20 >=20 > >Under DJGPP I am running gdb 5=2E1=2E1, with no apparent > >difficulties=2E There the configuration says "i386-pc-msdosdjgpp" >=20 >=20 >=20 > Sounds like you may want to get the source, reconfigure, and=20 > build your > own version targeting i386 or i486=2E >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > Larry Hall lhall@rfk=2Ecom > RFK Partners, Inc=2E http://www=2Erfk=2Ecom > 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office > Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX >=20 >=20 > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin=2Ecom/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin=2Ecom/bugs=2Ehtml > Documentation: http://cygwin=2Ecom/docs=2Ehtml > FAQ: http://cygwin=2Ecom/faq/ >=20 >=20 >=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web=2Ecom/ =2E -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/