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16 Porting gdb

Most of the work in making gdb compile on a new machine is in specifying the configuration of the machine. This is done in a dizzying variety of header files and configuration scripts, which we hope to make more sensible soon. Let's say your new host is called an xyz (e.g., ‘sun4’), and its full three-part configuration name is arch-xvend-xos (e.g., ‘sparc-sun-sunos4’). In particular: