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authorDan Nichilson <dnicholson@linuxfromscratch.org>2007-03-14 04:31:35 +0000
committerDan Nichilson <dnicholson@linuxfromscratch.org>2007-03-14 04:31:35 +0000
commitacec47884b45309842156a3de7ebaf7b2b7191ef (patch)
tree5a9f9bc7eb4f8fbca9e14ca7b0b6dfcc186e29af /chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
parent49ae4c699178a29c650e4ccc9d81a27f3ba11ff4 (diff)
Force use of host's linker through *-pass1
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@7963 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
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+++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
@@ -59,12 +59,23 @@ cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
<para>Now prepare Binutils for compilation:</para>
-<screen><userinput>../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nls</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>CC="gcc -B/usr/bin/" ../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nls</userinput></screen>
<variablelist>
<title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
<varlistentry>
+ <term><envar>CC="gcc -B/usr/bin/"</envar></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This forces <command>gcc</command> to prefer the linker from
+ the host in <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. This
+ is necessary on some hosts where the new <command>ld</command>
+ built here is not compatible with the host's <command>gcc</command>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
<term><parameter>--prefix=/tools</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>This tells the configure script to prepare to install the