Re: gdb: "error: no usable dependency style found"

[David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 01:35:17PM -0500, David Young wrote:
 > On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 11:58:14AM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
 > > Hello,
 > > trying to build a cross-gdb targetting amd64 (with build.sh -V 
 > > MKCROSSGDB=yes)
 > > on a linux host, I get:
 > > checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... no
 > > checking for cc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
 > > checking dependency style of cc... none
 > > configure: error: no usable dependency style found
 > > *** [configure-gdb] Error code 1
 > > 
 > > this used to work, I think it's related to the recent gdb update.
 > > Any idea ?
 > 
 > I just stumbled on this today.  I'm building 6.0 RC1 on a Linux host.
 > Besides building w/o MKCROSSGDB=yes, are any workarounds/fixes known?

The only way to debug/deal with crap like this is to wade through what
the configure script is actually trying to run.

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David A. Holland
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