> Thanks for the clarification Scott. > > Larry NP. When someone contributes a patch, I'll be sure to transfer those thanks since I don't deserve them (suggestions are *always* free..) ;-)
> > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Scott Prive [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 13:30:41 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: gdb hangs on a 486 > > > Agreed. CPU specific-packages for obsolete platforms are not > needed, and my > remark was not intended to suggest something far less than this. > > What I meant was, in SETUP.EXE provide some warning to the > end user that > the packages they have selected will not run on their CPU. > Allow them to > continue if they acknowledge the warning. > > Imagine waiting for install to complete (probably on 56K), > and then realize > it's i586+ only. Having a check in the installer means you > only "wasted" a > ~250Kb download. > > -Scott > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:lhall@;pop.ma.ultranet.com] > > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 12:32 PM > > To: Scott Prive; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: gdb hangs on a 486 > > > > > > Hm, an interesting thought. This would require packages to > > provide some information, probably in their setup.hint, to > > indicate their configuration target. Could work. But unless > > there are packages that are configured specifically for other > > than the default "i686", I don't think it would be a feature > > that would get much use. But I'm willing to be proven wrong on > > this. :-) > > > > Larry > > > > Original Message: > > ----------------- > > From: Scott Prive [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 10:06:22 -0500 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: gdb hangs on a 486 > > > > > > > > > At this point, I think most (all?) Cygwin packages are > > > configured like this. > > > Whether or not that's true, it's not unwarranted. There's > > > good reason to > > > make use of the newer architectures' capabilities. > > > > At the risk of asking for Yet Another Feature ... and I'm > > thinking out loud > > more than anything else... it would be friendly for the setup > > utility to do > > a CPU check vs. the packages you selected. > > > > I know.. "patches gratefully accepted" > > (You wouldn't want a patch in C from me. trust me :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >The whole system was downloaded through setup within the past 20 > > > >days. Gdb came up in a windowed rather than command line > > > >version. After the hang the mouse was dead and the system needed > > > >rebooting. I normally can run for weeks without reboots. > > > > > > > > > gdb -nw > > > > > > > > > > > > >Under DJGPP I am running gdb 5.1.1, with no apparent > > > >difficulties. There the configuration says "i386-pc-msdosdjgpp" > > > > > > > > > > > > Sounds like you may want to get the source, reconfigure, and > > > build your > > > own version targeting i386 or i486. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Larry Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > RFK Partners, Inc. http://www.rfk.com > > > 838 Washington Street (508) 893-9779 - > RFK Office > > > Holliston, MA 01746 (508) 893-9889 - FAX > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > > > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > > > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web - Check your email from the web at > http://mail2web.com/ . > > > > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
