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Re: gdb hangs on a 486


Larry,

At 09:54 2002-10-31, you wrote:

...


>> Sounds like you may want to get the source, reconfigure, and build
>> your own version targeting i386 or i486.
>
>A non-trivial job, especially if the very tools are suspect.


A potentially non-trivial job, yes, depending on your skills and
experience building packages.  I'm not sure what you're referring to
by "the very tools are suspect".  These tools have been around for a
long time.  They worked when these architectures were the default
configuration.  It shouldn't be too hard to get them working on
those targets now.  If you're referring to the fact that the tools
don't check if the run-time environment matches the configuration
environment on start-up, I think labeling the tools as "suspect" for
this oversight is a little extreme.  But I may be missing your meaning.
It does seem there's a bootstrapping problem. If Chuck has only a 486 machine and the only binaries he can get are compiled for post-Pentium architectures, how will he build compilers and binutils for his hardware?


Larry

Randall Schulz
Mountain View, CA USA


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