In article <1992Jul16.161429.17621@cbnewsi.cb.att.com> rha@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (richard.h.almquist) writes:
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>Notes on making gdb 4.6 under Linux
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>2. ln /usr/include/sys/ptrace.h /usr/include/sys/reg.h

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>3. ln /usr/include/sys/ptrace.h /usr/include/machine/reg.h

-or you can just make empty files for the */reg.h files - or remove
the #include commands that ask for them.

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>  Can someone tell me why it is installing libraries and header files and
>       what they are?

Because you did the install in the top-level directory, thus asking
to install all the tools.  If you cd to gdb-4.6/gdb before the make install,
it should just install gdb.

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>  I am willing to upload the binaries to tsx-11.mit.edu or banjo.concert.net
>       if someone else has not already done so (How do I find out?).
>       If I do this should I include the libraries and header files?

No, they're not needed.