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Re: [PATCH] implements MI "-file-list-exec-sections" (updated)
- From: Nick Roberts <nick at nick dot uklinux dot net>
- To: Bob Rossi <bob at brasko dot net>
- Cc: Andrew Cagney <cagney at gnu dot org>, gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 13:07:44 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] implements MI "-file-list-exec-sections" (updated)
- References: <16530.51947.983270.138336@nick.uklinux.net><20040501040929.GB17480@white>
> I think everyone agrees, changing the CLI would be the worst possible
> thing GDB could do.
I'm not sure if thats true, I was just talking about timing. Its probably
not reasonable or even realistic to insist that CLI output never changes.
> For some unfortunate reason, every front end would break in some subtle
> way if the output of the CLI was modified. In some way, it doesn't
> really make sense to just coordinate GDB with Emacs and not every other
> front end, right?
Well, GDB and Emacs are both part of the GNU Project. I don't know how much
this counts for, but at the moment GDB issues a new release about twice a year
whereas the last release of Emacs from CVS HEAD was in September 2001. I am
saying that these very different timetables are difficult to work with. As
maintainer of CGDB, you (Bob) are presumably free to make a new release
whenever you wish.
Nick