diff -r cbe89e8dfc9c -r edc7c7958e80 docs/README.macos.txt
--- a/docs/README.macos.txt	Tue May 25 18:25:11 2010 +0200
+++ b/docs/README.macos.txt	Tue Aug 10 13:25:52 2010 +0200
@@ -37,3 +37,14 @@
                [...other configure parameters as you like...]
 
 5) proceed as described in standard documentation
+
+-----
+
+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.