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Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 12:59:17 +0400
From: Egor Duda <deo AT logos-m DOT ru>
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To: Pierre Muller <muller AT cerbere DOT u-strasbg DOT fr>
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Subject: Re: GDB core dump support for cygwin gives compilation failure!
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Hi!

Tuesday, 29 August, 2000 Pierre Muller muller AT cerbere DOT u-strasbg DOT fr wrote:

>>PM>  I  can't  compile  GDB for cygwin anymore apparently since this
>>'core dump PM> support' patch .
>>
>>[...]
>>
>>PM> I don't have a sys/procfs.h header in my includes !!
>>PM> I installed it using the latest GUI setup program,
>>PM> isn't that enough to be able to compile the GDB on CVS ??
>>PM> What is missing in my installation ?
>>
>>the  answer  is  simple  --  sys/procfs.h  file is missing in includes
>>directories. You have to get two files from sourceware cvs --
>>winsup/cygwin/include/sys/procfs.h and
>> winsup/cygwin/include/cygwin/core_dump.h

PM>   Do you mean that adding the headers to my include dir would be enough ?
PM>   Probably I also need a library that includes the functions defined 
PM> inside those headers (unless they only contain type definitions)

no, they don't contain any function prototypes. you can check them out
or look at them via cvsweb and see.

>>to  build cvs version of gdb it's sometimes needed to use  cvs version
>>of cygwin.

PM>   That's what I suspected, but I don't know if this is a good practice!

certainly, unless you know what you're doing.

PM> Imagine that GDB 5.1 is released before next Cygwin release !

and i suppose those who will be releasing it know what they doing :)

Egor.            mailto:deo AT logos-m DOT ru ICQ 5165414 FidoNet 2:5020/496.19



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