From the top level directory (containing `gdb', `bfd', `libiberty', and so on):
make -f Makefile.in gdb.tar.Z
This will properly configure, clean, rebuild any files that are
distributed pre-built (e.g. `c-exp.tab.c' or `refcard.ps'),
and will then make a tarfile. (If the top level directory has already
beenn configured, you can just do make gdb.tar.Z instead.)
This procedure requires:
makeinfo (texinfo2 level)
dvips
yacc or bison
... and the usual slew of utilities (sed, tar, etc.).
`gdb.texinfo' is currently marked up using the texinfo-2 macros, which are not yet a default for anything (but we have to start using them sometime).
For making paper, the only thing this implies is the right generation of `texinfo.tex' needs to be included in the distribution.
For making info files, however, rather than duplicating the texinfo2
distribution, generate `gdb-all.texinfo' locally, and include the files
`gdb.info*' in the distribution. Note the plural; makeinfo will
split the document into one overall file and five or so included files.