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Re: A.R. Index for GDB version 6.1.91_20040719
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Michael Elizabeth Chastain <mec dot gnu at mindspring dot com>
- Cc: brobecker at gnat dot com, ac131313 at redhat dot com, eliz at gnu dot org,gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:15:09 -0400
- Subject: Re: A.R. Index for GDB version 6.1.91_20040719
- References: <20040719221402.2A8F64B104@berman.michael-chastain.com>
On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 06:14:02PM -0400, Michael Chastain wrote:
> joel> Back to Eli's problem: We need to have a name such that, after
> joel> generation from configure, we end up with "gnat_ada.gpr" (fortunately,
> joel> gnat_ada.gpr fits the 8+3 profile). Is that possible?
>
> Yeah, I'm testing a patch right now.
>
> gnat_ada.gpr.in is the default name, but AC_OUTPUT has a syntax for
> specifying an explicit name, so I'm just using that. The new name will
> be gnat_ada.gin if that's okay with daniel.
That should work fine.
> (At first I wanted to use gnat_ada.gpr_in, but then I thought:
> what if someone configures in the source directory, and what if
> configuration reaches down into testsuite/ even though testsuite/
> does not actually run on msdos).
Correct; I don't know how configuration happens on msdos though.
> Also my understanding is: if the ms-dos port actually uses the file, the
> name has to fit in 8.3. But if the ms-dos port does not use the file,
> the name just has to be 8.3 unique with truncation, plus some other
> requirements like "no more than one dot".
I think that's right.
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Daniel Jacobowitz