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Re: [RFA] defs.h: Define GDB_DEFAULT_TARGET_[WIDE_]CHARSET for Cygwin and MingW builds


On Mar  2 10:58, Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@codesourcery.com> writes:
> 
> >> Personally, I think that, given the existing nl_langinfo code (and
> >> worse, Solaris hack) in _initialize_charset, it would be fine to add
> >> some Cygwin change here.  However, I won't approve a patch like that
> >> over Daniel's objections.
> 
> Daniel> I don't mind hacks in general.  I do mind hacks that are going to
> Daniel> break my currently working builds.  If you build an i686-mingw32
> Daniel> to arm-linux debugger, and suddenly that defaults to UTF-16 instead of
> Daniel> UCS-4, then I've got a problem.
> 
> Yes, I see what you mean.  Sorry for being so dense.
> 
> Additionally, you're currently exposed to this scenario in the situation
> where Corinna decides to fix the problem by implementing
> nl_langinfo(CODESET) in Cygwin ;-)

nl_langinfo(CODESET) exists in Cygwin.


Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Project Co-Leader
Red Hat


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