Re: gdbserver + libiberty?

Jim Blandy
2008-01-16T21:42:17Z

Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false.org> writes:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 10:41:37AM -0800, Doug Evans wrote:
>> I couldn't find any docs on building gdbserver for cross targets (i.e
>> --host != --target), got any pointers? It's only useful for targets
>> that otherwise can be build natively (AIUIp. Would gdbserver ever be
>> built with CC_FOR_TARGET whereas gdb got built with CC? I can't find
>> any code to handle this in gdb or the top level configury. And if not
>> would gdbserver ever need a different libiberty than the one gdb is
>> linked with?
>
> You can build gdbserver by running src/gdb/gdbserver/configure and make;
> the top level scripts are not involved at all, so you don't get a
> libiberty. We need to not break that.

This is arcane magic; could we document it somewhere? gdb.texinfo's
Appendix B describes "Installing GDB". gdb/README also documents
configuration options, and has a section on gdbserver.