Re: [PATCH 0/3] Merge in gdb default_target_compile changes

Tom Tromey wrote:
> This series merges in gdb's changes to default_target_compile,
> updating them to follow newer conventions at the same time.
>
> I tested this using various parts of the gdb test suite (in particular
> Go and Rust).  I also verified that, with this series in place, gdb
> does not use its monkey-patched code from future.exp.
>   

Thank you; this will be merged for 1.6.3 to ensure compatibility with 
existing GDB releases.  I should be able to get these applied and pushed 
onto a side branch over the weekend, with some additional documentation 
and testcases to describe and verify the new behavior.

> I didn't attempt to further parameterize default_target_compile,
> though I think that would be a good thing to do.
That is planned for rewriting that procedure for 1.6.4 to fix some 
remaining bugs that were found by inspection.


Lastly, I note that you are at AdaCore, so I will ask if you could 
examine the patch Maciej W. Rozycki submitted 
(<URL:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/dejagnu/2020-05/msg00019.html>) 
to wrap linker flags for gnatmake into -largs / -margs options.  The 
patch seems good, but I am unsure if it there might be more to the 
problem than Rozycki saw; he was just trying to get a RISC-V Ada 
toolchain to work.  Are the other -?args options needed to prevent 
future problems, or is only the linker ever likely to be affected?

-- Jacob