Re: [rfa/rfc] Build libcommon.a for gdb and gdbserver

Mark Kettenis
2011-03-06T17:00:53Z

> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 17:16:31 +0100
> From: Jan Kratochvil <jan.kratochvil@redhat.com>
>
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:18:26 +0100, Mark Kettenis wrote:
> > Sorry, but I'm really strongly opposed to making GNU make a
> > requirement.
>
> And does GDB HEAD build on BSD with its make?

It did a couple of days ago.

> It does not on OpenSolaris 2009.06:
>
> $ cd .../gdb/data-directory
> $ make
> mkdir -p -- ./python/gdb
> mkdir -p -- ./python/./../python/lib/gdb
> /usr/bin/ginstall: cannot stat `./../python/lib/./../python/lib/gdb/types.py':
> No such file or directory
> *** Error code 1
> make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `stamp-python'
>
> But maybe it is a Solaris make bug and BSD make is compatible.

Solaris make is probably of SVR4 heritage. Different codebase,
different bugs!