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author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-16 11:56:28 +0000 |
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committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-16 11:56:28 +0000 |
commit | 675606bde2ba53946537b42a5aa576692a311621 (patch) | |
tree | af20c20ce3841c16b24d0b9903af6878a4a0f5a6 /chapter05/glibc.xml | |
parent | 560065f976e371779928dbf8b9428217f3f57331 (diff) | |
parent | 1cd59612d00603c9ce773ad821a15d20bc4fa0b7 (diff) |
Split Chapter 5 into three separate chapters.
Implement a new method of cross-building the LFS tool chain
and other tools to simplify the method of isolating the
new system from the original host. This will be the start of
LFS-10.0.
Move old trunk/BOOK to branches/old-trunk.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11946 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter05/glibc.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | chapter05/glibc.xml | 144 |
1 files changed, 87 insertions, 57 deletions
diff --git a/chapter05/glibc.xml b/chapter05/glibc.xml index d8a4f6733..0888427df 100644 --- a/chapter05/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ <title/> <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" - href="../chapter06/glibc.xml" + href="../chapter08/glibc.xml" xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/> <segmentedlist> @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle> <seglistitem> - <seg>&glibc-ch5-sbu;</seg> - <seg>&glibc-ch5-du;</seg> + <seg>&glibc-tmp-sbu;</seg> + <seg>&glibc-tmp-du;</seg> </seglistitem> </segmentedlist> @@ -43,6 +43,25 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Glibc</title> + <para>First, create a symbolic link for LSB compliance. Additionally, + for x86_64, create a compatibility symbolic link required for proper + operation of the dynamic library loader:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="pre">case $(uname -m) in + i?86) ln -sfv ld-linux.so.2 $LFS/lib/ld-lsb.so.3 + ;; + x86_64) ln -sfv ../lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 $LFS/lib64 + ln -sfv ../lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 $LFS/lib64/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3 + ;; +esac</userinput></screen> + + <para>Some of the Glibc programs use the non-FHS compliant + <filename class="directory">/var/db</filename> directory to store their + runtime data. Apply the following patch to make such programs store their + runtime data in the FHS-compliant locations:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../glibc-&glibc-version;-fhs-1.patch</userinput></screen> + <para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc in a dedicated build directory:</para> @@ -52,11 +71,12 @@ cd build</userinput></screen> <para>Next, prepare Glibc for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput remap="configure">../configure \ - --prefix=/tools \ + --prefix=/usr \ --host=$LFS_TGT \ --build=$(../scripts/config.guess) \ --enable-kernel=&min-kernel; \ - --with-headers=/tools/include</userinput></screen> + --with-headers=$LFS/usr/include \ + libc_cv_slibdir=/lib</userinput></screen> <!-- libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes \ libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes</userinput></screen> --> @@ -68,7 +88,7 @@ cd build</userinput></screen> <term><parameter>--host=$LFS_TGT, --build=$(../scripts/config.guess)</parameter></term> <listitem> <para>The combined effect of these switches is that Glibc's build system - configures itself to cross-compile, using the cross-linker and + configures itself to be cross-compiled, using the cross-linker and cross-compiler in <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -83,43 +103,22 @@ cd build</userinput></screen> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><parameter>--with-headers=/tools/include</parameter></term> - <listitem> - <para>This tells Glibc to compile itself against the headers recently - installed to the tools directory, so that it knows exactly what - features the kernel has and can optimize itself accordingly.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> -<!-- - <varlistentry> - <term><parameter>libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes</parameter></term> + <term><parameter>--with-headers=$LFS/usr/include</parameter></term> <listitem> - <para>The linker installed during - <xref linkend="ch-tools-binutils-pass1"/> was cross-compiled and as - such cannot be used until Glibc has been installed. This means that - the configure test for force-unwind support will fail, as it relies on - a working linker. The libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes variable is passed in - order to inform <command>configure</command> that force-unwind - support is available without it having to run the test.</para> + <para>This tells Glibc to compile itself against the headers + recently installed to the $LFS/usr/include directory, so that + it knows exactly what features the kernel has and can optimize + itself accordingly.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> - <term><parameter>libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes</parameter></term> + <term><parameter>libc_cv_slibdir=/lib</parameter></term> <listitem> - <para>Similarly, we pass libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes through to the - <command>configure</command> script so that the test is skipped and C - cleanup handling support is configured.</para> + <para>This ensures that the library is installed in /lib instead + of the default /lib64 on 64 bit machines.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> ---> -<!-- <varlistentry> - <term><parameter>libc_cv_ctors_header=yes</parameter></term> - <listitem> - <para>Similarly, we pass libc_cv_ctors_header=yes through to the - <command>configure</command> script so that the test is skipped and - gcc constructor support is configured.</para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry>--> </variablelist> @@ -147,40 +146,71 @@ cd build</userinput></screen> <para>Install the package:</para> -<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen> + <warning><para>If <envar>LFS</envar> is not properly set, and despite the + recommendations, you are building as root, the next command will install + the newly built glibc to your host system, which most likely will render it + unusable. So double check that the environment is correctly set for user + <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem>.</para></warning> - <caution> - <para>At this point, it is imperative to stop and ensure that the basic - functions (compiling and linking) of the new toolchain are working as - expected. To perform a sanity check, run the following commands:</para> +<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$LFS install</userinput></screen> + + <variablelist> + <title>The meaning of the <command>make install</command> option:</title> + + <varlistentry> + <term><parameter>DESTDIR=$LFS</parameter></term> + <listitem> + <para>The <envar>DESTDIR</envar> make variable is used by almost all + packages to define the location where the package should be + installed. If it is not set, it defaults to the root (<filename + class="directory">/</filename>) directory. Here we specify that + the package be installed in <filename class="directory">$LFS + </filename>, which will become the root after <xref linkend= + "ch-tools-chroot"/>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + </variablelist> + + <caution> + <para>At this point, it is imperative to stop and ensure that the basic + functions (compiling and linking) of the new toolchain are working as + expected. To perform a sanity check, run the following commands:</para> <screen><userinput>echo 'int main(){}' > dummy.c $LFS_TGT-gcc dummy.c -readelf -l a.out | grep ': /tools'</userinput></screen> +readelf -l a.out | grep '/ld-linux'</userinput></screen> - <para>If everything is working correctly, there should be no errors, - and the output of the last command will be of the form:</para> + <para>If everything is working correctly, there should be no errors, + and the output of the last command will be of the form:</para> -<screen><computeroutput>[Requesting program interpreter: /tools/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2]</computeroutput></screen> +<screen><computeroutput>[Requesting program interpreter: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2]</computeroutput></screen> - <para>Note that for 32-bit machines, the interpreter name will be - <filename>/tools/lib/ld-linux.so.2</filename>.</para> + <para>Note that for 32-bit machines, the interpreter name will be + <filename>/lib/ld-linux.so.2</filename>.</para> - <para>If the output is not shown as above or there was no output at all, - then something is wrong. Investigate and retrace the steps to find out - where the problem is and correct it. This issue must be resolved before - continuing on.</para> + <para>If the output is not shown as above or there was no output at all, + then something is wrong. Investigate and retrace the steps to find out + where the problem is and correct it. This issue must be resolved before + continuing on.</para> - <para>Once all is well, clean up the test files:</para> + <para>Once all is well, clean up the test files:</para> <screen><userinput>rm -v dummy.c a.out</userinput></screen> - </caution> + </caution> + + <note><para>Building packages in the next chapter will serve as an + additional check that the toolchain has been built properly. If some + package, especially binutils-pass2 or gcc-pass2, fails to build, it is + an indication that something has gone wrong with the + previous Binutils, GCC, or Glibc installations.</para></note> + + <para>Now that our cross-toolchain is complete, finalize the installation + of the limits.h header. For doing so, run a utility provided by the GCC + developers:</para> - <note><para>Building Binutils in the section after next will serve as an - additional check that the toolchain has been built properly. If Binutils - fails to build, it is an indication that something has gone wrong with the - previous Binutils, GCC, or Glibc installations.</para></note> +<screen><userinput>$LFS/tools/libexec/gcc/$LFS_TGT/&gcc-version;/install-tools/mkheaders</userinput></screen> </sect2> |