2003-04-09 Andrew Cagney <cagney@redhat.com>

[deliverable/binutils-gdb.git] / gdb / README

diff --git a/gdb/README b/gdb/README
index 91fd14e8c14aa5add5c05afea2db10208b087564..a8b4b82f3efe31b6a57c0da62984700831f22d4a 100644 (file)
--- a/gdb/README
+++ b/gdb/README
@@ -69,7 +69,20 @@ different; see the file gdb-5.3/gdb/config/djgpp/README for details.)
 `configure' can't determine your system type, specify one as its
 argument, e.g., `./configure sun4' or `./configure decstation'.
 
-   If you get compiler errors during this stage, see the `Reporting
+   Make sure that your 'configure' line ends in 'gdb-5.3/configure':
+
+      /berman/migchain/source/gdb-5.3/configure      # RIGHT
+      /berman/migchain/source/gdb-5.3/gdb/configure  # WRONG
+
+   The gdb package contains several subdirectories, such as 'gdb',
+'bfd', and 'readline'.  If your 'configure' line ends in
+'gdb-5.3/gdb/configure', then you are configuring only the gdb
+subdirectory, not the whole gdb package.  This leads to build errors
+such as:
+
+      make: *** No rule to make target `../bfd/bfd.h', needed by `gdb.o'.  Stop.
+
+   If you get other compiler errors during this stage, see the `Reporting
 Bugs' section below; there are a few known problems.
 
    GDB requires an ISO C (ANSI C) compiler.  If you do not have an ISO
@@ -451,7 +464,6 @@ monitors and other hardware:
 
        remote-array.c   Array Tech RAID controller
        remote-e7000.c   Hitachi E7000 ICE
-       remote-es.c      Ericsson 1800 monitor
        remote-est.c     EST emulator
        remote-hms.c     Hitachi Micro Systems H8/300 monitor
        remote-mips.c    MIPS remote debugging protocol