Re: Fixing Insight: Can setup.exe pick and choose latest binaries for me?

[Fernando Nasser <fnasser at cygnus dot com>]

Dave Arnold wrote:
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> ok, so I should get:
>     *new cygwin.dll
>     *new tcl .dll's
>     *new gdb
> 
The tcl dll's will come with cygwin.  These are the ones that have the fix
to get the "\"s right.

You onlyb need a new gdb for doing cross platform debugging (e.g., debugging an
ARM board from a gdb running on your Windows machine).  For native debugging the
gdb that comes with cygwin works fine.

> I think I've seen gdb as a complete downloadable package and cygwin.dll as
> a separate download but what about the tcl stuff.  Does it come with the gdb
> package? or do I have to get that separately?  Can setup.exe pick and choose
> for me? so I don't have to do alot of browsing?
> 
See above.

Get the complete cygwin. It comes with gdb native.  If you want to do remote 
debugging and want the GUI, get the packet that starts with insight- not the
one that starts with gdb- (the second one is CLI only).



> It's still a bit confusing to me to determine what versions of what to
> download.
> I'm afraid of mixing things up and causing more problems.  How do I find out
> what versions of what will mix with what I currently have, so I don't have
> to download
> everything all over again?
> 
Well, I agree.  It is still not as automatic as it should be.  I will mention this
to some people.

What I try to do is to keep everything I got from the cygwin installation unless some
very compelling reason forces me to do otherwise.

> I'm surprised that I dont have the fixed dll's because I downloaded
> everything
> using setup.exe about 2 weeks ago, oh well.
> 
I guess you must have missed it by a day or two.


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