config-ml.in gdb missing mpw-install
config.guess include mkinstalldirs opcodes
-To build GDB, you can just do:
+You can build GDB right in the source directory:
cd gdb-5.0
./configure
make
cp gdb/gdb /usr/local/bin/gdb (or wherever you want)
+However, we recommend that an empty directory be used instead.
+This way you do not clutter your source tree with binary files
+and will be able to create different builds with different
+configuration options.
+
+You can build GDB in any empty build directory:
+
+
+ mkdir build
+ cd build
+ <full path to your sources>/gdb-5.0/configure
+ make
+
(Building GDB with DJGPP tools for MS-DOS/MS-Windows is slightly
different; see the file gdb-5.0/gdb/config/djgpp/README for details.)
Kernel debugging
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- I have't done this myself so I can't really offer any advice.
-Remote debugging over serial lines works fine, but the kernel
+ Remote debugging over serial lines works fine, but the kernel
debugging code in here has not been tested in years. Van Jacobson has
better kernel debugging, but the UC lawyers won't let FSF have it.