From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by sourceware.org (Postfix, from userid 48) id 85CFF3858438; Mon, 18 Jul 2022 19:03:51 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 85CFF3858438 From: "tromey at sourceware dot org" To: gdb-prs@sourceware.org Subject: [Bug build/29372] slibtool build failure - make[2]: *** No rule to make target '../bfd/libbfd.a', needed by 'gdb'. Stop. Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 19:03:51 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: CC X-Bugzilla-Type: changed X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: gdb X-Bugzilla-Component: build X-Bugzilla-Version: HEAD X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: normal X-Bugzilla-Who: tromey at sourceware dot org X-Bugzilla-Status: UNCONFIRMED X-Bugzilla-Resolution: X-Bugzilla-Priority: P2 X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: unassigned at sourceware dot org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: cc Message-ID: In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: gdb-prs@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gdb-prs mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 19:03:51 -0000 https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D29372 Tom Tromey changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |tromey at sourceware dot o= rg --- Comment #1 from Tom Tromey --- I don't know anything about slibtool, but it sounds like maybe the provided build system is being modified to work with it? gdb doesn't use libtool for linking but does seem to use the workaround: BFD_DIR =3D ../bfd BFD =3D $(BFD_DIR)/libbfd.a Changing gdb to use libtool for linking seems fine to me, as long as it doesn't slow down the whole build somehow. You may have to find all the subdirectories relying on this hack. --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.=