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On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 08:18:02AM -0700, Joel Brobecker wrote:
> I don't think that "rb" versus "r" can be autoconf'ed. The gdb > configure script would need to execute a host program to figure out > whether "rb" is supported or not, and that won't work if build != host. > Or maybe I'm wrong about that and there's some way to do it.
I must say I am not convinced that it is such a good idea to support that setup. I wouldn't bother about this until somebody has a real interest in that support, and then can step up and maintain it. In the meantime, we're just letting the best be the enemy of good, and as a consequence have to find elaborate solutions to problems made more complex by this requirement. Intellectually rewarding, but slows down development.
For the previous question of testing, I don't think it's a worthwhile
requirement; however, it's a very important requirement for build time. I build with --build != --host routinely. So do a lot of Cygwin folks,
I think.
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