Compilin GDB source under gentoo - gets command not

[tvnaidu]

Downloaded opensource gdb package, untar source and tried to compile, since I am using GENTOO compiles (gcc, ar, ....), I replaced Makefile with 'ar' instead 'i386-linux-gnu-ar'like this, but everytime it reports, I don't know how Makefuile gets overwrites

make[5]: i386-linux-gnu-ar: Command not found

[mac11]

I've never compiled gdb, but many projects (re)generate their makefiles automatically from Makefile.am or something similar.

What file did you edit? There's probably a configure script that you can supply tool override commands to, maybe try configure --help?