Re: gdb-5.0 build error on IRIX 6.5

[David B Anderson]

>I tried to install gdb-5.0 on an IRIX 6.5 machine.
>"Configure" step was OK, but "make" step shows me the error below:
>-----------
>gcc  -o igen igen.o table.o  lf.o misc.o  filter_host.o  ld-decode.o
>ld-cache.o  filter.o  ld-insn.o  gen-model.o  gen-itable.o  gen-icache.o
>gen-semantics.o  gen-idecode.o  gen-support.o  gen-engine.o  gen.o
>../../libiberty/libiberty.a
>make: file `Makefile' line 285: Syntax error
>*** Error code 1 (bu21)
>*** Error code 1 (bu21)

I'll hazard a guess.

It seems likely you are using IRIX 'make' and that's not
going to work: there are various small dependencies on
using 'gnu make' in many software packages on the net.
Including gdb.

Instead install gnu make (you could call it 'gmake' 
on your machine)
(from http://freeware.sgi.com, for example) 

and do
        gmake


Regards,
David B. Anderson address@hidden address@hidden http://reality.sgi.com/davea/ 
(reality.sgi.com to be permanently turned off --  around Aug 15, 2001)