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Subject: RE: gdb hangs on a 486
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 14:46:58 -0500
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> Thanks for the clarification Scott.
> 
> Larry

NP. When someone contributes a patch, I'll be sure to transfer those thanks since I don't deserve them (suggestions are *always* free..)   ;-)


> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Scott Prive Scott DOT Prive AT storigen DOT com
> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:30:41 -0500
> To: lhall AT rfk DOT com, cbfalconer AT worldnet DOT att DOT net, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject: RE: gdb hangs on a 486
> 
> 
> Agreed. CPU specific-packages for obsolete platforms are not 
> needed, and my
> remark was not intended to suggest something far less than this. 
> 
> What I meant was, in SETUP.EXE provide some warning to the 
> end user that
> the packages they have selected will not run on their CPU. 
> Allow them to
> continue if they acknowledge the warning. 
> 
> Imagine waiting for install to complete (probably on 56K), 
> and then realize
> it's i586+ only. Having a check in the installer means you 
> only "wasted" a
> ~250Kb download.
> 
> -Scott
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com [mailto:lhall AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:32 PM
> > To: Scott Prive; cbfalconer AT worldnet DOT att DOT net; cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Subject: RE: gdb hangs on a 486
> > 
> > 
> > Hm, an interesting thought.  This would require packages to 
> > provide some information, probably in their setup.hint, to 
> > indicate their configuration target.  Could work.  But unless
> > there are packages that are configured specifically for other 
> > than the default "i686", I don't think it would be a feature 
> > that would get much use.  But I'm willing to be proven wrong on 
> > this. :-)
> > 
> > Larry
> > 
> > Original Message:
> > -----------------
> > From: Scott Prive Scott DOT Prive AT storigen DOT com
> > Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:06:22 -0500
> > To: lhall AT rfk DOT com, cbfalconer AT worldnet DOT att DOT net, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> > Subject: RE: gdb hangs on a 486
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > At this point, I think most (all?) Cygwin packages are 
> > > configured like this.
> > > Whether or not that's true, it's not unwarranted.  There's 
> > > good reason to 
> > > make use of the newer architectures' capabilities.
> > 
> > At the risk of asking for Yet Another Feature ... and I'm 
> > thinking out loud
> > more than anything else... it would be friendly for the setup 
> > utility to do
> > a CPU check vs. the packages you selected.
> > 
> > I know.. "patches gratefully accepted" 
> > (You wouldn't want a patch in C from me. trust me :-)
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > >The whole system was downloaded through setup within the past 20
> > > >days.  Gdb came up in a windowed rather than command line
> > > >version.  After the hang the mouse was dead and the system needed
> > > >rebooting.  I normally can run for weeks without reboots.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > gdb -nw
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > >Under DJGPP I am running gdb 5.1.1, with no apparent
> > > >difficulties.  There the configuration says "i386-pc-msdosdjgpp"
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Sounds like you may want to get the source, reconfigure, and 
> > > build your
> > > own version targeting i386 or i486.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
> > > RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
> > > 838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - 
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> > > 
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