docs/README.macos.txt: Provide hints section

Hints for building tool chains.
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Titus von Boxberg 2010-05-30 12:11:39 +02:00
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[...other configure parameters as you like...]
5) proceed as described in standard documentation
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HINTS:
- Apparently, GNU make's builtin variable .LIBPATTERNS is misconfigured
under MacOS: It does not include lib%.dylib.
This affects build of (at least) gdb-7.1
Put 'lib%.a lib%.so lib%.dylib' as .LIBPATTERNS into your environment
before executing ct-ng build.
See http://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Libraries_002fSearch.html
as an explanation.