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| author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-05-02 18:20:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-05-02 18:20:20 +0000 |
| commit | bc82645e958948a6aefd3147a0d7f712de9eaf6b (patch) | |
| tree | 4855b70f785c1e6bf04856e97824988120503b05 /chapter05/binutils-inst.xml | |
| parent | 55b50e3f6653cef278bad7e45fe5a378966953a7 (diff) | |
Integrated Pure LFS - Phase 1
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diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-inst.xml b/chapter05/binutils-inst.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 230ec7b6b..000000000 --- a/chapter05/binutils-inst.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,52 +0,0 @@ -<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> - -<sect2> -<title>Installation of Binutils</title> - -<para>This package is known to behave badly when you have changed its default -optimization flags (including the -march and -mcpu options). Therefore, if -you have defined any environment variables that override default -optimizations, such as CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS, we recommend unsetting or -modifying them when building binutils.</para> - -<para>It is recommended by the Binutils installation documentation to build -Binutils outside of the source directory in a dedicated directory:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build -cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen></para> - -<para>Next, prepare Binutils to be compiled:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure --prefix=$LFS/static --disable-nls</userinput></screen></para> - -<para>The meaning of the (new) configure switches are:</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-nls</userinput>: This option disables -internationalization (also known as i18n). We don't need this for our -static programs and nls often causes problems when you're linking -statically.</para></listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>make LDFLAGS="-all-static"</userinput></screen></para> - -<para>The meaning of the make option is:</para> - -<itemizedlist> -<listitem><para><userinput>LDFLAGS="-all-static"</userinput>: This is -how we tell Binutils that all programs should be statically linked. Setting -the <emphasis>LDFLAGS</emphasis> variable is the common way of specifying we -want a static link to take place, however, its value and the way it is set -is not always the same. You'll see with the remaining packages that there -are different ways of setting up the <emphasis>LDFLAGS</emphasis> -variable.</para></listitem> -</itemizedlist> - -<para>And finish off installing the package:</para> - -<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para> - -</sect2> - |