closing this rather old issue. sorry for not addressing this earlier. Please could you recheck with the recent 14.04 LTS or 14.10 releases and reopen the issue if the problem persists?
** Changed in: gdb (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to gdb in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/693478 Title: xdeb -a armel --apt-source gdb: configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs. Status in “gdb” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Binary package hint: gdb How to reproduce the problem: Follow the instructions here: https://wiki.linaro.org/UsingXdeb grep compiles fine add also maverick updates for gdb to overcome https://bugs.launchpad.net/binutils-linaro/+bug/598389 /etc/apt/sources.list should look like this: deb [arch=armel] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ maverick main universe deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main universe deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick main universe deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-updates main universe deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu maverick-updates main universe deb [arch=armel] http://ports.ubuntu.com/ maverick-updates main universe sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade xdeb -a armel --apt-source linaro-gdb .... checking build system type... arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi checking host system type... arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi checking target system type... arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -p checking whether ln works... yes checking whether ln -s works... yes checking for a sed that does not truncate output... /bin/sed checking for gawk... no checking for mawk... mawk checking for arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc... arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out checking whether the C compiler works... configure: error: in `/home/build/gdb/build/objdir': configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs. If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'. See `config.log' for more details. make: *** [debian/stamp-autotools] Error 1 dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build gave error exit status 2 debuild: fatal error at line 1337: dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -d -us -uc -aarmel -b -tc failed Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/xdeb", line 851, in <module> main() File "/usr/bin/xdeb", line 843, in main build(options, src, all_srcs[src]) File "/usr/bin/xdeb", line 597, in build spawn(buildpackage, cwd=srcdir) File "/usr/lib/xdeb/utils.py", line 29, in spawn raise SubprocessException, ret utils.SubprocessException: 29 Not made for cross compilation? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdb/+bug/693478/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp