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Re: [RFC] link GDB against libunwind-ia64

From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel at cup dot hp dot com>
Cc: Mark Kettenis <mark dot kettenis at xs4all dot nl>,gdb-patches at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:07:30 -0700
Subject: Re: [RFC] link GDB against libunwind-ia64
References: <20050811222323.GO10325@adacore.com> <200508120805.j7C85nrW021087@elgar.sibelius.xs4all.nl> <086DD99C-38DE-42F1-8F85-64A71EC36F1B@cup.hp.com>

> There's a libunwind on HP-UX that's part of the system, but it doesn't
> have a libunwind-ia64 component. The libunwind-ia64 shared object is an
> implementation detail of David Mosberger's library. Since we're talking
> about libunwind-ia64, I can only assume that we're talking about David's
> library. That library is not always available in the general case.

That's all correct. I built that library from sources, fixed a few
nixes, and installed it in a non-standard location.

> Still, I think it's good to be able to link against libunwind. It
> really should be present on any ia64 system, irrespective of the OS.

I agree. This is a very nice library.

-- 
Joel

References:
- [RFC] link GDB against libunwind-ia64
  - From: Joel Brobecker
- Re: [RFC] link GDB against libunwind-ia64
  - From: Mark Kettenis
- Re: [RFC] link GDB against libunwind-ia64
  - From: Marcel Moolenaar

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