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| author | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-11-01 22:31:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Alex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-11-01 22:31:50 +0000 |
| commit | 73aedd1d35747ff2fad4ddf514dca810721a612a (patch) | |
| tree | d05f8b503f210d7248c2b2abea9e5528fc04d90a /chapter06/binutils-inst.xml | |
| parent | 0b400add2ba87352e955326bcb931e53864cc2ae (diff) | |
Merging caption and installation sections for all packages in chapters 5 and 6.
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diff --git a/chapter06/binutils-inst.xml b/chapter06/binutils-inst.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 81312fe4c..000000000 --- a/chapter06/binutils-inst.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,72 +0,0 @@ -<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> - -<sect2><title>Installation of Binutils</title> - -<para>Now is an appropriate time to verify that your pseudo terminals (PTYs) are -working properly inside the chroot environment. We will again quickly check that -everything is set up correctly by performing a simple test:</para> - -<screen><userinput>expect -c "spawn ls"</userinput></screen> - -<para>If you receive the message:</para> - -<blockquote><screen>The system has no more ptys. Ask your system administrator to create more.</screen></blockquote> - -<para>Your chroot environment is not set up for proper PTY operation. In this -case there is no point in running the test suites for Binutils and GCC until you -are able to resolve the issue. Please refer back to <xref linkend="ch06-proc"/> -and <xref linkend="ch06-makedev"/> and perform the recommended steps to fix the -problem.</para> - -<note><para>The test suite for Binutils in this section is considered -<emphasis>critical</emphasis>. Our advice is to not skip it under any -circumstances.</para> </note> - -<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>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the -source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para> - -<screen><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build -cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen> - -<para>Now prepare Binutils for compilation:</para> - -<screen><userinput>../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure \ - --prefix=/usr --enable-shared</userinput></screen> - -<para>Compile the package:</para> - -<screen><userinput>make tooldir=/usr</userinput></screen> - -<para>Normally, the <emphasis>tooldir</emphasis> (the directory where the -executables end up) is set to $(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias), which expands -into, for example, <filename>/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu</filename>. Since we only -build for our own system, we don't need this target specific directory in -<filename>/usr</filename>. That setup would be used if the system was used to -cross-compile (for example compiling a package on an Intel machine that -generates code that can be executed on PowerPC machines).</para> - -<para>Test the results:</para> - -<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen> - -<para>The test suite notes from <xref linkend="ch05-binutils-pass2"/> are still -very much appropriate here. Be sure to refer back there should you have any -doubts.</para> - -<para>Install the package:</para> - -<screen><userinput>make tooldir=/usr install</userinput></screen> - -<para>Install the <emphasis>libiberty</emphasis> header file that is needed by -some packages:</para> - -<screen><userinput>cp ../binutils-&binutils-version;/include/libiberty.h /usr/include</userinput></screen> - -</sect2> - |