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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml | 26 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index f8114203b..e31fbbfd2 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ <para>2008-10-12</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> + <para>[dj] - Changed Chapter 5 GCC Pass 1 build to static. Thanks to + Jeremy Huntwork for the suggestion and supporting text.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> <para>[dj] - Added note to Chapter 6 GCC abuot the new include-fixed directory and changed the sample output to match.</para> </listitem> diff --git a/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml b/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml index 218566bab..1731034da 100644 --- a/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml +++ b/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml @@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen> <para>Prepare GCC for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -B/usr/bin/" ../gcc-&gcc-version;/configure --prefix=/tools \ - --with-local-prefix=/tools --disable-nls --enable-shared \ - --enable-languages=c --disable-decimal-float</userinput></screen> + --with-local-prefix=/tools --disable-nls --disable-shared \ + --enable-languages=c</userinput></screen> <variablelist> <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title> @@ -90,14 +90,11 @@ cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term><parameter>--enable-shared</parameter></term> + <term><parameter>--disable-shared</parameter></term> <listitem> - <para>This switch allows the building of <filename - class="libraryfile">libgcc_s.so.1</filename> and - <filename class="libraryfile">libgcc_eh.a</filename>. - Having <filename class="libraryfile">libgcc_eh.a</filename> - available ensures that the configure script for Glibc (the - next package we compile) produces the proper results.</para> + <para>This switch forces gcc to link its internal libraries + statically. We do this to avoid possible issues with the host + system.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -130,6 +127,17 @@ cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen> + <para>Using <parameter>--disable-shared</parameter> means that the + <filename>libgcc_eh.a</filename> file isn't created and installed. The + Glibc package depends on this library as it uses + <parameter>-lgcc_eh</parameter> within its build system. We can satisfy + that dependency by creating a symlink to <filename>libgcc.a</filename>, + since that file will end up containing the objects normally contained in + <filename>libgcc_eh.a</filename>.</para> + +<screen><userinput remap="install">ln -vs libgcc.a `gcc -print-libgcc-file-name | \ + sed 's/libgcc/&_eh/'`</userinput></screen> + <para>As a finishing touch, create a symlink. Many programs and scripts run <command>cc</command> instead of <command>gcc</command>, which is used to keep programs generic and therefore usable on all kinds of UNIX |