configure optionsHere is a summary of the configure options and arguments that
are most often useful for building GDB. configure also has
several other options not listed here. see What Configure Does, for a full explanation of configure.
configure [--help]
[--prefix=dir]
[--exec-prefix=dir]
[--srcdir=dirname]
[--norecursion] [--rm]
[--target=target]
host
You may introduce options with a single - rather than
-- if you prefer; but you may abbreviate option names if you use
--.
--help
configure.
--prefix=dir
dir.
--exec-prefix=dir
dir.
--srcdir=dirname
make, or another
make that implements the VPATH feature.configure writes configuration specific files in
the current directory, but arranges for them to use the source in the
directory dirname. configure creates directories under
the working directory in parallel to the source directories below
dirname.
--norecursion
configure is executed; do not
propagate configuration to subdirectories.
--target=target
There is no convenient way to generate a list of all available targets.
host ...
There is no convenient way to generate a list of all available hosts.
There are many other options available as well, but they are generally needed for special purposes only.