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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2012-10-15 19:27:20 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2012-10-15 19:27:20 +0000 |
| commit | e0901b3e480803837880db7e51ad6a10131eed46 (patch) | |
| tree | fb21c74b701044cc6d96cfa9355df26dd40e120f /chapter06/binutils.xml | |
| parent | 6baa19d5586855d757691071a7368e76762efaf8 (diff) | |
Add notes to the gcc and binutils sections in Chapter 6
about "link time optimization" and the extra files built by gcc.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@10024 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/binutils.xml b/chapter06/binutils.xml index 28144969d..b3f5d7675 100644 --- a/chapter06/binutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/binutils.xml @@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput remap="configure">../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared</userinput></screen> + <note><para>There is an optional argument to <command>configure</command>, + <option>--enable-lto</option>, that can be used to allow the + <command>ar</command>, <command>nm</command>, and <command>ranlib</command> + commands to accept a <option>--plugin</option> parameter. This is used to + allow <command>gcc</command> to do "link time optimization" if specified. + No packages in LFS or BLFS currently use this capability.</para></note> + <para>Compile the package:</para> <screen><userinput remap="make">make tooldir=/usr</userinput></screen> |