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Re: [patch] compile: Fix MinGW build [Re: [mingw rfc] Add mkdtemp to gdb/gnulib/]


On 12/15/2014 10:28 PM, Jan Kratochvil wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 19:57:28 +0100, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>> On Mon, 15 Dec 2014 04:15:43 +0100, Yao Qi wrote:
>>> # or maybe we have to use win32 api, such as GetTempPath and GetRandomFileName.
>>
>> If you write it, I can test it.
> 
> In the end I have managed to test it by Wine myself:
> 
> $ wine build_win32/gdb/gdb.exe -q build_win32/gdb/gdb.exe -ex start -ex 'compile code 1' -ex 'set confirm no' -ex quit
> [...]
> Temporary breakpoint 1, main (argc=1, argv=0x241418) at ../../gdb/gdb.c:29
> 29	  args.argc = argc;
> Could not load libcc1.so: Module not found.
> 
> Even if it managed to load libcc1.so (it needs host-dependent name libcc1.dll)
> then it would soon end up at least on:
> 
> default_infcall_mmap:
>   error (_("This target does not support inferior memory allocation by mmap."));
> 
> As currently there is only:
> 
> linux-tdep.c:
>   set_gdbarch_infcall_mmap (gdbarch, linux_infcall_mmap);
> 
> While one could debug Linux targets from MS-Windows host I find it somehow
> overcomplicated now when we are trying to get it running at least on native
> Linux x86*.
> 
> The 'compile' project needs a larger port effort to run on MS-Windows.
> 
> OK for check-in?

Can you send a version that does an autoconf check for mkdtemp instead?

> +  error (_("mkdtemp needs to be implemented for MS-Windows hosts"));

I think the error text should be a bit more generic and not mention a
particular implementation detail, like "Command not supported on this host." or
some such -- I think the testsuite will need to be extended to handle this error,
presumably in skip_compile_feature_tests.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves


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