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Re: gdb trouble
On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 11:36:20AM -0500, David A. Cobb wrote:
> Peter Buckley wrote:
>
> > I presuppose that it doesn't understand /cygdrive and mount points, so
> > it doesn't compute /usr/bin to mean c:\cygwin\bin.
>
>
> Now I'm totally confused [i.e. more than usually so].
> Why does the APPLICATION need to be "Cygwin aware?" If it references
> "/usr/bin" the equation to "C:\cygwin\bin" or whatever is entirely
> behind the curtains, nicht war?
>
> Please, Corinna, clarify what gdb is "missing."
gdb is a Cygwin application. It can act using POSIX paths and
Cygwin mount points. The GUI is not a Cygwin app. It acts
using native Windows paths. Nobody has ported that stuff to
Cygwin so far. AFAIK.
Corinna
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