Target description specified unknown architecture "powerpc:common"

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 01:24:33PM -0400, John Breitenbach wrote:
> Hi,
>  I've recently updated my gdb from 6.6 to a very recent snapshot (GNU
> gdb (GDB) 6.8.50.20090817-cvs)
> and ran into the problem below when attempting to connect to my
> remote target.    I'm guessing its a configuration
> problem, but haven't been able to find any clues.
> 
> gdb: host is ix86-Linux-RHEL4, target: powerpc-750-linux-gnu

Are you sure that you're running the right GDB?  It doesn't look like
it; any powerpc-linux-gdb should recognize this.  Check the startup
messages.

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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery