Windows support in GDB

[Mark Mitchell]

Christopher Faylor wrote:

> While I am the Windows maintainer for gdb, I have been thinking that
> maybe I might have to step down if it means that I'll have to support a
> Windows configuration for which I have little interest.

I think that would be a shame.

> I haven't asked what the problem is with just using cygwin with gdb.
> I suspect that the standard two problems are:

You might ask the MinGW community why they exist. :-)

One reason to use MinGW is that you're using other tools that rely on 
Windows paths, and don't understand Cygwin mount points.  Or you 
yourself don't understand Cygwin mount points. :-)

The fundamental reason for us to use it is that our customers say -- 
strongly -- that they do not want to use Cygwin.  (In contrast, I use 
Cygwin every day.)  There are a lot of possible reasons for the customer 
desire, and it doesn't really seem all that useful to debate the 
reasons, as our debate won't change their minds.

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