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diff --git a/gdb/README b/gdb/README index cd8c6c2da67..c718b6f5b29 100644 --- a/gdb/README +++ b/gdb/README @@ -35,13 +35,26 @@ called `gdb-5.0', which contains: 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.) |