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authorGreg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-10-14 10:15:44 +0000
committerGreg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-10-14 10:15:44 +0000
commit3301fb69f76f87ab314cae074266c66b5609a9eb (patch)
tree168fcb18f8aa7ae58652c22bb6ab54d2604bbbe0
parenta9103442e0ed4ec315d1238f3d6bad929a81ae0a (diff)
Chapter 5 - Binutils Pass 1: Added explanation for "make configure-host".
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2978 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml
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+++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml
@@ -47,9 +47,14 @@ when linking statically.</para></listitem>
<screen><userinput>make configure-host
make LDFLAGS="-all-static"</userinput></screen>
-<para>The meaning of the make option:</para>
+<para>The meaning of the make options:</para>
<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para><userinput>configure-host</userinput>: This forces all the
+subdirectories to be configured immediately. A statically linked build will
+fail without this. We therefore use this option to work around the
+problem.</para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para><userinput>LDFLAGS="-all-static"</userinput>: This tells the
linker that all the Binutils programs should be linked statically. However,
strictly speaking, <userinput>"-all-static"</userinput> is first passed to the