Re: Time for a MinGW-GDB Upgrade?

Keith Marshall <[email protected]> Sat, 25 Jul 2020 15:45:23 +0100

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On 25/07/2020 14:21, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 15:40:02 +0300
>> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz-mXXj517/[email protected]>
>>
>> So you are saying that an "empty" prefix such as "C:/" is not
>> considered as "common" by the code that examines "relocatability"?
> 
> Ignore me, the real problem is C:/MinGW prefix for MinGW vs just C:/
> for Python.  Got it.

Exactly.  A GDB which has been configured for a default prefix of
C:/MinGW will not consider Python, installed under C:/Python*, as a
candidate for relocation along with itself.  However, I don't think
that's really a problem — just a difference in installation policy
between two independent projects.

On the basis that a majority of users will simply adopt the default
installation paths recommended by the respective distributors; i.e.
C:/MinGW for packages originating from MinGW.org, and C:/Python* for
those originating from Python.org.  Of course, users are free to
relocate either, or both; relocated MinGW-GDB should still work with
Python left at C:/Python*; if Python is relocated, the user will likely
need to define PYTHONPATH, in the environment.

OTOH, you prefer a policy which places all packages under the common
d:/usr prefix.  That's a legitimate choice, but not necessarily a better
one; I would suggest that either of these choices is equally valid.

-- 
Regards,
Keith.

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