From 7f27984ee06ff579d0a93ea860ade9872f698a29 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: John Gilmore Date: Fri, 28 Dec 1990 01:12:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * gdb-int.texinfo: Add minor sections on configuring gdb for release, and about the README file. --- gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo index 9ab58a0..eb084e7 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdbint.texinfo @@ -42,3 +42,28 @@ Some functions, e.g. fputs_filtered() or error(), specify that they that any actions you need to reverse in the case of an error or interruption must be on the cleanup chain before you call these functions, since they might never return to your code (they "longjmp" instead). + + + + Configuring GDB for release + + +GDB should be released after doing "config.gdb none" in the top level +directory. This will leave a makefile there, but no tm- or xm- files. +The makefile is needed, for example, for "make gdb.tar.Z"... If you +have tm- or xm-files in the main source directory, C's include rules +cause them to be used in preference to tm- and xm-files in the +subdirectories where the user will actually configure and build the +binaries. + +"config.gdb none" is also a good way to rebuild the top level Makefile +after changing Makefile.dist, alldeps.mak, etc. + + + + + The README file + + +Check the README file, it often has useful information that does not +appear anywhere else in the directory. -- 2.7.4