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diff --git a/chapter04/creatingtoolsdir.xml b/chapter04/creatingtoolsdir.xml index 36e4fe7a4..8ab7fde3a 100644 --- a/chapter04/creatingtoolsdir.xml +++ b/chapter04/creatingtoolsdir.xml @@ -7,8 +7,40 @@ <title>Creating the $LFS/tools Directory</title> <?dbhtml filename="creatingtoolsdir.html"?> +<para>All programs compiled in <xref +linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> will be installed under <filename +class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> to keep them separate from the +programs compiled in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>. The +programs compiled here are temporary tools and will not be a part of +the final LFS system. By keeping these programs in a separate +directory, they can easily be discarded later after their use. This +also prevents these programs from ending up in the host production +directories (easy to do by accident in <xref +linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>).</para> + +<para>Create the required directory by running the following as +<emphasis>root</emphasis>:</para> + <screen><userinput>mkdir $LFS/tools</userinput></screen> +<para>The next step is to create a <filename class="symlink">/tools</filename> +symlink on the host system. This will point to the newly-created directory on +the LFS partition. Run this command as <emphasis>root</emphasis> as +well:</para> + <screen><userinput>ln -s $LFS/tools /</userinput></screen> +<note><para>The above command is correct. The <command>ln</command> +command has a few syntactic variations, so be sure to check the info +and man pages before reporting what you may think is an +error.</para></note> + +<para>The created symlink enables the toolchain to be compiled so that +it always refers to <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>, +meaning that the compiler, assembler, and linker will work both in +this chapter (when we are still using some tools from the host) and in +the next (when we are <quote>chrooted</quote> to the LFS +partition).</para> + </sect1> + |