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Re: Mingw32
- To: James Ingham <jingham@cygnus.com>
- Subject: Re: Mingw32
- From: Mumit Khan <khan@xraylith.wisc.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:47:19 -0500
- cc: "M.A. Henderson" <dchender@esn.net>, insight@sourceware.cygnus.com
James Ingham <jingham@cygnus.com> writes:
>
> Gdb uses a whole bunch of Cygwin functionality to do its job on
> Windows, and there are currently no plans to rewrite these sections to
> call directly into the Windows API. That would be a pretty big job,
> with no clear payoff. So, no, a Mingw32 version of Insight is not
> likely to happen.
>
Actually, I've had a mingw port for a few years now. It requires a few
simple changes to gdb (win32-nat.c and the config files). The problem
is readline -- the older version had a "minimal" mode, but not available
anymore, and I have to essentially use a older version of readline to
get the job done. For mingw diffs to gdb-4.1[78], see:
ftp://ftp.xraylith.wisc.edu/pub/khan/gnu-win32/mingw32/ports/
I haven't had the time to write up ChangeLog entries, but it's pretty
self-explanatory. When I get some time, I'll clean up the patches and
submit (and there's the assignment issue I keep on forgetting about).
Unless the internals of gdb in insight is quite different and somehow
uses other Cygwin functionality, it should work. Of course, lots of
mingw-specific tcl/tk changes are probably not in the Cygnus tree,
so that may involve some work.
Regards,
Mumit
- References:
- Mingw32
- From: James Ingham <jingham@cygnus.com>