gdb/1226: GDB does not complete build for crossing debugging PPC on Solaris

[charles dot kunzman at sun dot com]

>Number:         1226
>Category:       gdb
>Synopsis:       GDB does not complete build for crossing debugging PPC on Solaris
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue May 27 22:58:01 UTC 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     charles.kunzman@sun.com
>Release:        GDB-5.3
>Organization:
>Environment:
Host: Solaris 8 on Sparc V9 dual processor (Ultra60)
Target: PSOS on Motorola 7410
>Description:
Build process for GDB fails with a linker option conflict when
building for crossdebugging a PowerPC elf binary on Sparc/Solaris:

...
gcc -g -O2   -o psim main.o libsim.a ../../bfd/libbfd.a  ../../libiberty/libiberty.a 
rm -f run
ln psim run
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/export/ws/src/gdb-5.3-t4/sim/ppc'
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/export/ws/src/gdb-5.3-t4/sim'
gmake[1]: Entering directory `/export/ws/src/gdb-5.3-t4/gdb'
rm -f gdb
gcc -g -O2       -Wl,-rpath=  \
        -o gdb gdb.o main.o cli-dump.o cli-decode.o cli-script.o cli-cmds.o cli-setshow.o cli-utils.o mi-out.o mi-console.o mi-cmds.o mi-cmd-var.o mi-cmd-break.o mi-cmd-stack.o mi-cmd-disas.o mi-main.o mi-parse.o mi-getopt.o libgdb.a \
          ../sim/ppc/libsim.a ../bfd/libbfd.a ../readline/libreadline.a ../opcodes/libopcodes.a  ../libiberty/libiberty.a -ltermlib     -lm -lsocket  ../libiberty/libiberty.a  
ld: fatal: option -dn and -P are incompatible
ld: fatal: Flags processing errors
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
gmake[1]: *** [gdb] Error 1
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/export/ws/src/gdb-5.3-t4/gdb'
gmake: *** [all-gdb] Error 2
ojibwa% which ld
/usr/ccs/bin/ld
>How-To-Repeat:
../gdb-5.3/configure --target powerpc-motorola-elf32 sun4
gmake
>Fix:

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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