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RE: Building gdb from source


On 07 April 2006 02:07, Bruce Dubbs wrote:

> I like to build packages from source.  When I build gdb-6.4:
> 
> ./configure  --prefix=/usr
> make
> make install
> 
> gdb's Makefile places the following files in /usr/lib:
> 
> libbfd.a  libbfd.la  libiberty.a  libopcodes.a  libopcodes.la
> 
> The problem is that these files already exist from binutils-2.16.1.
> 
> Is there any reason to prefer the libraries from binutils over gdb or
> vice versa?  I believe this could be a problem as the binutils libraries
> include dynamic libraries that could be out of sync with the gdb static
> libraries and that the gdb .la files do not recognize the dynamic
> libraries at all.

  Well, you shouldn't be configuring with --prefix=/usr unless you are
prepared to overwrite your basic O/S installation in any case.

    cheers,
      DaveK
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