how to compile to get a copy of gdbserver

how to compile to get a copy of gdbserver

[Benjamin Tze-Kit Lee]

Hi,

I would like to get a copy of the gdbserver to do remote target debugging.
Where could I get it, or how should I configure to complie the gdb 5.2.1
source code so to make a copy of gdbserver?

Thx a lot,

Benjamin Lee

Re: how to compile to get a copy of gdbserver

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Wed, Aug 07, 2002 at 11:14:48AM -0700, Benjamin Tze-Kit Lee wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to get a copy of the gdbserver to do remote target debugging.
> Where could I get it, or how should I configure to complie the gdb 5.2.1
> source code so to make a copy of gdbserver?

If you build GDB on your target or using a cross compiler (if the
latter, you need target libraries, and to use --host=<target>) you will
get a gdbserver (assuming you use a supported target).

You can just run configure in the gdbserver directory and then make.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: how to compile to get a copy of gdbserver

[Eli Zaretskii]

On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:

> If you build GDB on your target or using a cross compiler (if the
> latter, you need target libraries, and to use --host=<target>) you will
> get a gdbserver (assuming you use a supported target).
> 
> You can just run configure in the gdbserver directory and then make.

How about adding this to INSTALL (unless it's already there; I cannot 
check where I'm typing this)?

Re: how to compile to get a copy of gdbserver

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 08:33:08AM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 7 Aug 2002, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> 
> > If you build GDB on your target or using a cross compiler (if the
> > latter, you need target libraries, and to use --host=<target>) you will
> > get a gdbserver (assuming you use a supported target).
> > 
> > You can just run configure in the gdbserver directory and then make.
> 
> How about adding this to INSTALL (unless it's already there; I cannot 
> check where I'm typing this)?

It's already documented in gdb/gdbserver/README; want me to add a
pointer from INSTALL?

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz                           Carnegie Mellon University
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: how to compile to get a copy of gdbserver

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 08:55:33 -0400
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>
> > > 
> > > You can just run configure in the gdbserver directory and then make.
> > 
> > How about adding this to INSTALL (unless it's already there; I cannot 
> > check where I'm typing this)?
> 
> It's already documented in gdb/gdbserver/README; want me to add a
> pointer from INSTALL?

Yes, that'd be a good idea, IMHO.

Re: how to compile to get a copy of gdbserver

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 04:57:06PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 08:55:33 -0400
> > From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>
> > > > 
> > > > You can just run configure in the gdbserver directory and then make.
> > > 
> > > How about adding this to INSTALL (unless it's already there; I cannot 
> > > check where I'm typing this)?
> > 
> > It's already documented in gdb/gdbserver/README; want me to add a
> > pointer from INSTALL?
> 
> Yes, that'd be a good idea, IMHO.

Eventually, I realized the flaw with this plan.  There is no INSTALL. 
There's a section in the texi manual about it, but I don't think that
does much good... since people without the program installed rarely
have the manual.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer

Re: how to compile to get a copy of gdbserver

[Peter Barada]

>Eventually, I realized the flaw with this plan.  There is no INSTALL. 
>There's a section in the texi manual about it, but I don't think that
>does much good... since people without the program installed rarely
>have the manual.

You'd be suprised.  The documentation is online and converted into
HTML so people(including me) could at least google for it...

-- 
Peter Barada                                   Peter.Barada@motorola.com
Wizard                                         781-852-2768 (direct)
WaveMark Solutions(wholly owned by Motorola)   781-270-0193 (fax)

Re: how to compile to get a copy of gdbserver

[Andrew Cagney]

> On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 04:57:06PM +0300, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
>> > Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 08:55:33 -0400
>> > From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>
> 
>> > > > 
>> > > > You can just run configure in the gdbserver directory and then make.
> 
>> > > 
>> > > How about adding this to INSTALL (unless it's already there; I cannot 
>> > > check where I'm typing this)?
> 
>> > 
>> > It's already documented in gdb/gdbserver/README; want me to add a
>> > pointer from INSTALL?
> 
>> 
>> Yes, that'd be a good idea, IMHO.
> 
> 
> Eventually, I realized the flaw with this plan.  There is no INSTALL. 
> There's a section in the texi manual about it, but I don't think that
> does much good... since people without the program installed rarely
> have the manual.

I believe GCC generates gcc/INSTALL from gcc/doc/install.texi (same goes 
for invoke.texi -> gcc.1).

enjoy,
Andrew

Re: how to compile to get a copy of gdbserver

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 10:05:18 -0400
> From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>
> 
> Eventually, I realized the flaw with this plan.  There is no INSTALL. 

Darn, I keep forgetting that GDB doesn't have INSTALL.  Maybe we
should add it, since most other GNU software does have it.

Put that in gdb/README, then.

> There's a section in the texi manual about it, but I don't think that
> does much good... since people without the program installed rarely
> have the manual.

As others have pointed out, the HTML version of the docs is generated
from the Texinfo sources.  So adding that to gdb.texinfo would also be
a good idea.