Re: time to create the GDB 8.1.x branch?

[Pedro Alves <palves at redhat dot com>]

On 11/28/2017 08:32 PM, Pedro Alves wrote:
> On 11/28/2017 07:44 PM, Ulrich Weigand wrote:
>> Joel Brobecker wrote:
>>>> I'd like to get in the last two patches to actually enable MPFR
>>>> support for target floating-point emulation.
>>>>
>>>> Given that all outstanding comments have now been addressed, I think
>>>> I should be able to just commit those this week (unless there are
>>>> any objections), so this would still be fine with your proposed
>>>> schedule.
>>>
>>> IIUC, you've now pushed those patches, right?
>>> Ref: https://www.sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2017-11/msg00489.html
>>
>> Yes, those are all in now.
>>
>> As an unrelated matter, I just noticed this major regresion on powerpc64:
>> https://sourceware.org/ml/gdb-patches/2017-11/msg00666.html
>>
>> This is IMO another issue that really ought to be fixed before the
>> release ...
>>
> 
> I agree.  Your suggestion sounded good to me.  I just haven't
> yet had  time to try it out.  I wouldn't be offended if someone
> beat me to it...  :-)

I tried it now and it seems to work fine, and the test I had added
works on ppc too with that fix.  I'll some more testing and
post it after lunch.

Thanks,
Pedro Alves