2. compile of infrun.c fails gcc -c -g -O2 -I/usr/include/v9 -I. -I. -I./config -DLOCALEDIR="\"/vol/freeware/SunOS-5.8/gdb+dejagnu/20030526/share/locale\"" -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I./../include/opcode -I./../readline/.. -I../bfd -I./../bfd -I./../include -I../intl -I./../intl -DMI_OUT=1 -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wcomment -Wtrigraphs -Wformat -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wuninitialized infrun.c /usr/ccs/bin/as: "/var/tmp/ccWcVZ58.s", line 3774: error: constant value must be between -4096 and 4095 make[1]: *** [infrun.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/vol/freeware/source/gdb+dejagnu-20030526/gdb' 3. normally I don't build in the source directory, but if I try to build in a separate build directory, make stops in example/calc with: configuring in example/calc running /bin/sh /vol/freeware/source/gdb+dejagnu-20030526/dejagnu/example/calc/configure --build=sparc-sun-solaris2.8 --host=sparc-sun-solaris2.8 --target=sparc-sun-solaris2.8 --prefix=/vol/freeware/SunOS-5.8/gdb+dejagnu/20030526 --cache-file=../../.././config.cache --srcdir=/vol/freeware/source/gdb+dejagnu-20030526/dejagnu/example/calc loading cache ../../.././config.cache checking for a BSD compatible install... /bin/sh $s/install-sh -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... (cached) yes configure: error: source directory already configured; run make distclean there first configure: error: /vol/freeware/source/gdb+dejagnu-20030526/dejagnu/example/calc/configure failed for example/calc make: *** [configure-dejagnu] Error 1 ERROR: gdb: make 4. on our system is tcl/tk 8.0.5 installed (old I know) It seems as if gdb comes with its own tcl (8.4.1) but no tk. configure doesn't find the installed tk version (on my system tcl/tk is installed under /usr/local/gnu). configure has an option with-tkconfig that I could use, but I guess using tcl 8.4.1 together with tk 8.0.5 might be asking for trouble anyway. I appreciate any help Thanks Klaus -- ------------------------------------------ | Klaus Zeitler Lucent Technologies | | Email: kzeitler@lucent.com | ------------------------------------------ --- The confusion of a staff member is measured by the length of his memos. -- New York Times, Jan. 20, 1981