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Re: [RFA] fix for utils.c bool problem


On Fri, Feb 08, 2002 at 11:51:10AM -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> >This is the patch I alluded to earlier today on binutils@.  It's not
> >>quite complete, since TUI is also affected; I've attached mine.  I'm
> >>quite surprised that this fixes the problem for you without the
> >>corresponding bfd patch that I haven't committed yet!
> >
> >
> >No one objected, so I've committed this.  As far as I know GDB should
> >build everywhere it used to before I started playing with bool, as long
> >as you update both BFD and GDB.  If I'm wrong, please let me know.
> 
> 
> Dan I couldn't see the point of the patch.   The immediate problem - 
> bfd.h including <stdbool.h> was fixed.  The next step, I thought, was 
> fix bfd.h.  It isn't hurting in a major way and definitly breaks GDB's 
> coding style.

Sorry if I missed an objection.  I was a little out of it yesterday.

The immediate problem was -not- fixed.  To start back at the beginning
again:
  - On my machine, running a current Debian system, <curses.h> includes
   <stdbool.h>.  We have to live with that.  There's nothing I can
   particularly do about it.
  - The way I tried to fix this was by also using stdbool.h if it was
   available.  But <stdbool.h> conflicts with an awful lot of existing
   code.  This is unfortunate, and this is where the proper fix lies,
   IMO.
  - The way I settled on fixing this, and committed, was to use
   <stdbool.h> if something included before bfd.h had already brought
   it in.  This appears to work in all cases.

I strongly want to avoid leaving GDB unbuildable on this class of
systems.  I don't have any particular attachment to my patch.  I would
love to revert it, as soon as there is an alternative solution in
place.


-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer


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