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Re: build/917: Instructions for making gdb.tar.gz need update for new makefile
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
- To: nobody at sources dot redhat dot com
- Cc: gdb-prs at sources dot redhat dot com,
- Date: 9 Jan 2003 19:48:01 -0000
- Subject: Re: build/917: Instructions for making gdb.tar.gz need update for new makefile
- Reply-to: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at mvista dot com>
The following reply was made to PR build/917; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@mvista.com>
To: mec@shout.net
Cc: gdb-gnats@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: build/917: Instructions for making gdb.tar.gz need update for new makefile
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 14:41:47 -0500
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:21:06PM -0000, mec@shout.net wrote:
>
> >Number: 917
> >Category: build
> >Synopsis: Instructions for making gdb.tar.gz need update for new makefile
> >Confidential: no
> >Severity: serious
> >Priority: medium
> >Responsible: unassigned
> >State: open
> >Class: doc-bug
> >Submitter-Id: net
> >Arrival-Date: Thu Jan 09 11:28:01 PST 2003
> >Closed-Date:
> >Last-Modified:
> >Originator: mec@shout.net
> >Release: gdb 2003-01-07-cvs
> >Organization:
> >Environment:
>
> >Description:
> gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo
> @section Configuring @value {GDBN} for Release
> @cindex preparing a release
> @cindex making a distribution tarball
>
> This section says:
>
> make -f Makefile.in gdb.tar.gz
>
> That doesn't work any more since the top-level configure/make rewrite. Makefile.in is no longer usable directly by 'make'.
>
> Configuring the top level directory does not help. The generated Makefile has no goals for 'gdb.tar' or 'gdb.tar.gz'.
Try 'make -f src-release gdb.tar.gz'. Need to update the docs.
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Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer