Re: backtrace & win32

[Johannes Prix <johannesprix at users dot sourceforge dot net>]

Kai Ruottu wrote:
> 
> On 2 Feb 2004 at 14:28, Johannes Prix wrote:
> 
> > This might be newbie-ish but that's my status:)  Is it
> > technically possible to use the backtrace() and
> > backtrace_symbols() libc function when cross-compiling a win32
> > executable under Linux?  It seems to me the "execinfo.h" (and
> > others) are not found in my installation.  Is this supported at
> > all?
> 
>  My not so new MinGW headers didn't include the "execinfo.h" header,
> neither the old Win32SDK headers I have from 1999...
> 
>  Where these libc functions should be?  In MSVCRT.DLL version 6.x
> or where?  The MinGW port uses the general MSVCRT.DLL functions
> (maybe as it was in the version 4.x) and has import libs for its
> functions and headers to describe them.
> 
>  You have better to ask this on some Win32 related maillist. If you
> use MinGW, please ask this on the MinGW-list. If MinGW supports
> the functions now, they are supported. This issue has nothing to do
> with your Linux development host, if these things are supported in
> MinGW on Windoze, they are supported on any cross hosts too
> because all toolchains should use the same headers and libs and
> all toolchains should be updated from the same new MinGW runtime
> and w32api packages when they will appear.
> 
> Cheers, Kai

Ahh, I see.  I wasn't sure about which mailing list to contact
with this.  Heh, stupid me.  Will turn to the MinGW people.

Thanks anyway and see ya, jp.

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