newbie question: Compiler relocation ??? What is that?

Hi,

I'm trying to learn a opensource program written in C++. I compiled 
everything with a ./Allwmake script and turned on debug information by 
setting an environment variable. I only partly works - Some of the files 
still don't have debug information included (I want to debug into the 
code with ddd / gdb).

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I first got this reply:

1)
I guess there are still some .o or .so files lingering around which were 
not properly touched by your Allwmake. Use the find-command to find all 
.o and .so files in your installation that were created BEFORE your own 
building session and remove them. Then rebuild.


Then I got this:

2)
This looks like a problenm with compiler relocation. I usually build 
mine into /usr/tmp, which makes it easier, but you should be able to 
easily build your own compiler. You can download gcc-4.1.1 source from 
one of the gcc sites. Then, remove the compiler from 
~/(program_name)/linux/gcc-4.1.1 (just delete the directory + I am 
assuming you're using linux) and build your own using the following steps:

cd ~/(program_name)
mkdir linuxSrc
cd linuxSrc

Copy the compiler tar pack here (if you cannot find it, pls let me know 
and I will leave one for you somewhere convenient).

tar xzf gcc-4.1.1.tar.gz
mkdir gcc-4.1.1-obj
cd gcc-4.1.1-obj
../gcc-4.1.1/configure --prefix=~/(program_name)/linux/gcc-4.1.1 
--enable-languages=c,c++ --enable-shared

Now build it:

gmake bootstrap

and install it:

gmake install

You can now delete the directories in ~/(program_name)/linuxSrc

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I don't understand anything of answer number 2.... So what is "compiler 
relocation" - and gmake???


Best regards
Martin Jørgensen

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