evs@SUNBAR.MC.DUKE.EDU (Ed Simpson) (12/19/89)
I'm trying to make gdb on a Sun 3/260 running Sun OS 4.0.3 and I got an error while making init.c. I did the following: % config.gdb sun3os4 Make sure to compile any program on which you want to run gdb without shared libraries (cc -Bstatic) Linking `param.h' to `m-sun3os4.h'. Linking `pinsn.c' to `m68k-pinsn.c'. Linking `opcode.h' to `m68k-opcode.h'. Linking `dep.c' to `sun3-dep.c'. Editing Makefile GDB is now set up for use with a sun3os4. % make . . . cc -I. -g -Bstatic -c valprint.c . . . ./munch main.o blockframe.o breakpoint.o findvar.o stack.o source.o values.o e val.o valops.o valarith.o valprint.o printcmd.o symtab.o symmisc.o coffread.o d bxread.o infcmd.o infrun.o remote.o command.o utils.o expread.o expprint.o pins n.o environ.o version.o copying.o core.o inflow.o dep.o > init.c nm: valprint.o: error reading string table cc -I. -g -Bstatic -o gdb init.c main.o blockframe.o breakpoint.o findvar.o sta ck.o source.o values.o eval.o valops.o valarith.o valprint.o printcmd.o symtab .o symmisc.o coffread.o dbxread.o infcmd.o infrun.o remote.o command.o utils.o expread.o expprint.o pinsn.o environ.o version.o copying.o core.o inflow.o dep .o readline/libreadline.a obstack.o malloc.o -ltermcap ld: valprint.o: bad string table index (pass 1) *** Error code 4 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `gdb' ----------------------- valprint.c compiled with no errors. We're running standard versions of cc and nm as they come from the Sun distribution. I don't have any ideas on what's going wrong. ---------- Ed Simpson e-mail by ARPANET: evs@cs.duke.edu tel.: (919)660-5107 P.O.Box 3140, Duke Univ. Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA 27710
evs@SUNBAR.MC.DUKE.EDU (Ed Simpson) (12/19/89)
This is regarding the last mail message where I reported nm failing on valprint.o while trying to make gdb. I ran make clean, then make again. This time nm failed on printcmd.o, so I removed it, and redid make, then nm worked on printcmd.o and failed on symtab.o, so I recompiled symtab.o, and then the make completed without error. % make clean . . . % make . . . rm -f init.c ./munch main.o blockframe.o breakpoint.o findvar.o stack.o source.o values.o e val.o valops.o valarith.o valprint.o printcmd.o symtab.o symmisc.o coffread.o d bxread.o infcmd.o infrun.o remote.o command.o utils.o expread.o expprint.o pins n.o environ.o version.o copying.o core.o inflow.o dep.o > init.c nm: printcmd.o: error reading string table cc -I. -g -Bstatic -o gdb init.c main.o blockframe.o breakpoint.o findvar.o sta ck.o source.o values.o eval.o valops.o valarith.o valprint.o printcmd.o symtab .o symmisc.o coffread.o dbxread.o infcmd.o infrun.o remote.o command.o utils.o expread.o expprint.o pinsn.o environ.o version.o copying.o core.o inflow.o dep .o readline/libreadline.a obstack.o malloc.o -ltermcap ld: printcmd.o: bad string table index (pass 1) *** Error code 4 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `gdb' % rm printcmd.o % make cc -I. -g -Bstatic -c printcmd.c cd readline ; make "SYSV=" \ "DEBUG_FLAGS=-g -Bstatic" "CC=cc" libreadline.a `libreadline.a' is up to date. rm -f init.c ./munch main.o blockframe.o breakpoint.o findvar.o stack.o source.o values.o e val.o valops.o valarith.o valprint.o printcmd.o symtab.o symmisc.o coffread.o d bxread.o infcmd.o infrun.o remote.o command.o utils.o expread.o expprint.o pins n.o environ.o version.o copying.o core.o inflow.o dep.o > init.c nm: symtab.o: error reading string table cc -I. -g -Bstatic -o gdb init.c main.o blockframe.o breakpoint.o findvar.o sta ck.o source.o values.o eval.o valops.o valarith.o valprint.o printcmd.o symtab .o symmisc.o coffread.o dbxread.o infcmd.o infrun.o remote.o command.o utils.o expread.o expprint.o pinsn.o environ.o version.o copying.o core.o inflow.o dep .o readline/libreadline.a obstack.o malloc.o -ltermcap ld: symtab.o: bad string table index (pass 1) *** Error code 4 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `gdb' % rm symtab.o % make cc -I. -g -Bstatic -c symtab.c cd readline ; make "SYSV=" \ "DEBUG_FLAGS=-g -Bstatic" "CC=cc" libreadline.a `libreadline.a' is up to date. rm -f init.c ./munch main.o blockframe.o breakpoint.o findvar.o stack.o source.o values.o e val.o valops.o valarith.o valprint.o printcmd.o symtab.o symmisc.o coffread.o d bxread.o infcmd.o infrun.o remote.o command.o utils.o expread.o expprint.o pins n.o environ.o version.o copying.o core.o inflow.o dep.o > init.c cc -I. -g -Bstatic -o gdb init.c main.o blockframe.o breakpoint.o findvar.o sta ck.o source.o values.o eval.o valops.o valarith.o valprint.o printcmd.o symtab .o symmisc.o coffread.o dbxread.o infcmd.o infrun.o remote.o command.o utils.o expread.o expprint.o pinsn.o environ.o version.o copying.o core.o inflow.o dep .o readline/libreadline.a obstack.o malloc.o -ltermcap ld: readline/libreadline.a: warning: archive has no table of contents; add one u sing ranlib(1) ----------------- A bit weird. ---------- Ed Simpson e-mail by ARPANET: evs@cs.duke.edu tel.: (919)660-5107 P.O.Box 3140, Duke Univ. Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA 27710