gdb стоял версии 6.1.1
Начал пробовать обновить - ошибка при установки версии 6,6
/bin/sh ./libtool --mode=compile gcc48 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.././bfd -I. -I. -I.././bfd -I.././bfd/../include -W -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Werror -O2 -pipe -mssse3 -DRL_NO_COMPAT -fno-strict-aliasing -c -o archive64.lo archive64.c
gcc48 -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I.././bfd -I. -I. -I.././bfd -I.././bfd/../include -W -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Werror -O2 -pipe -mssse3 -DRL_NO_COMPAT -fno-strict-aliasing -c archive64.c -o archive64.o
archive64.c: In function 'bfd_elf64_archive_slurp_armap':
archive64.c:45:12: error: variable 'arhdrpos' set but not used [-Werror=unused-but-set-variable]
file_ptr arhdrpos;
^
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
gmake[4]: *** [archive64.lo] Error 1
gmake[4]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/gdb66/work/gdb-6.6/bfd'
gmake[3]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/gdb66/work/gdb-6.6/bfd'
gmake[2]: *** [all] Error 2
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/gdb66/work/gdb-6.6/bfd'
gmake[1]: *** [all-bfd] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/gdb66/work/gdb-6.6'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gdb66.
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gdb66.
Потому думаю ну да Бог с ним.. наверно тут плохо сыграло наличие двух шестерок в версии GDB

Ставлю значит посвежее gdb-7.4.1_2, и тут нечто похожее
gcc48 -pipe -mssse3 -DRL_NO_COMPAT -isystem /usr/local/include -g -g -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,-E \
-o gdb gdb.o libgdb.a \
-lreadline ../opcodes/libopcodes.a ../bfd/libbfd.a ../libiberty/libiberty.a ../libdecnumber/libdecnumber.a -lncurses -lz -lm -L/usr/local/lib -liconv -L/usr/local/lib/python2.7/config -lutil -lm -lpython2.7 -Wl,--export-dynamic /usr/local/lib/libexpat.so -Wl,-rpath -Wl,/usr/local/lib ../libiberty/libiberty.a gnulib/libgnu.a -lkvm
libgdb.a(tui-io.o): In function `tui_setup_io':
/usr/ports/devel/gdb/work/gdb-7.4.1/gdb/./tui/tui-io.c:518: undefined reference to `_rl_echoing_p'
/usr/ports/devel/gdb/work/gdb-7.4.1/gdb/./tui/tui-io.c:523: undefined reference to `_rl_echoing_p'
/usr/ports/devel/gdb/work/gdb-7.4.1/gdb/./tui/tui-io.c:562: undefined reference to `_rl_echoing_p'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
gmake[2]: *** [gdb] Error 1
gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/gdb/work/gdb-7.4.1/gdb'
gmake[1]: *** [all-gdb] Error 2
gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/devel/gdb/work/gdb-7.4.1'
gmake: *** [all] Error 2
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gdb.
*** Error code 1
Stop in /usr/ports/devel/gdb.
похоже что тут проблема с gmake .. но надежды все же на запуск свеже разработанного софта пока не теряю