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Re: Building a cross-gdb with host=i686-pc-linux-gnu and target=powerpc-apple-darwin
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Gregor Riepl <seto-kun at freesurf dot ch>
- Cc: gdb at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 21:44:47 -0400
- Subject: Re: Building a cross-gdb with host=i686-pc-linux-gnu and target=powerpc-apple-darwin
- References: <200406010249.17839.seto-kun@freesurf.ch>
On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 02:49:17AM +0200, Gregor Riepl wrote:
> Hi, this is my first posting here.
>
> How can I build a cross-gcc on my Linux box (host=i686-pc-linux-gnu) for
> kernel debugging on my iBook G4 running Mac OS X 10.3.4? Apple doesn't cover
> this issue in their docs and I couldn't find any decent cross-gdb information
> on the net.
> I tried to use gdb-5.3 with a more recent libbfd (the included one doesn't
> know about Darwin), but this gives me a gdb that doesn't understand Mach-O:
> "I'm sorry, Dave, I can't do that. Symbol format `mach-o-be' unknown."
> gdb-6.3 builds, but I don't get a gdb, only a few support libs.
> I also tried Apple's gdb-309, which seems to need Darwin headers.
> Maybe I can get it to work if I just copy those over.
>
> Has someone tried this?
> gdb should easily do the job, but I had no luck yet.
> Thanks for your help!
There's no Darwin support in GDB outside of Apple's sources, so you're
out of luck asking here. Might want to try an Apple list instead.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz