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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/binutils.xml | 7 |
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diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index c483a4f6c..c00310d72 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -41,6 +41,11 @@ <para>2008-10-11</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> + <para>[randy] - Added commands to the Chapter 6 Binutils instructions + to suppress the installation of standards.info. Thanks to Greg + Schafer for contributing the fix.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para>[randy] - Added a patch to the Procps instructions to fix a unicode related issue in the watch program.</para> </listitem> diff --git a/chapter06/binutils.xml b/chapter06/binutils.xml index b747c97ce..0c7a9a216 100644 --- a/chapter06/binutils.xml +++ b/chapter06/binutils.xml @@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ Ask your system administrator to create more.</computeroutput></screen> <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&binutils-configure-patch;</userinput></screen> + <para>Suppress the installation of an outdated + <filename>standards.info</filename> file as a newer one is installed later + on in the Autoconf instructions:</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="pre">rm -fv etc/standards.info +sed -i.bak '/^INFO/s/standards.info //' etc/Makefile.in</userinput></screen> + <para>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para> |