Can't build gdb for mingw32 if not native? :-(

[Steve Folly]

On 27 Sep 2005, at 22:18, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 10:12:40PM +0100, Steve Folly wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to build gdb 6.3 on host powerpc-apple-darwin8.2.0 for
>> target i386-pc-mingw32msvc.
>>
>
> GDB 6.3 doesn't support the mingw32 target.  In fact it doesn't  
> support
> mingw32 as a host either.  Later versions will support it as a host  
> but
> not target.

The configure script in the gdb-6.3.tar.gz I downloaded seems to?

>
>
>> Unfortunately nothing much gets built. Probably because of the bit of
>> the configure script I found that starts with the comment:
>>
>>     # Can't build gdb for mingw32 if not native.
>>
>
> This line does not appear in the GDB I'm looking at.  You must be  
> using
> someone's mingw32 patches.

Its in http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gdb/gdb-6.3.tar.gz - configure - line  
1360. I thought this would have been the 'official' unpatched version?

I am confused now - which 6.3 are you looking at that *doesn't*  
support mingw32?!


>
>
>> I'm trying to get a GNU toolset hosted on OS X and targetting Windows
>> (MinGW). So far, the compiler toolset is working dandy, and having
>> gdb would top it off just right.
>>
>
> Note, even if this worked, you'd need a remote debug agent for  
> Windows.
> There isn't one finished yet (though I have an unfinished one lying
> around somewhere if I can ever find the time).
>

Where can I find out more information about writing a remote debug  
agent for Windows?

Thanks very much for swift reply!

-- 
Regards,
Steve.