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diff --git a/chapter04/creatingtoolsdir.xml b/chapter04/creatingtoolsdir.xml index 6747b5edd..47ee36a57 100644 --- a/chapter04/creatingtoolsdir.xml +++ b/chapter04/creatingtoolsdir.xml @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ <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 only @@ -20,19 +21,23 @@ see what files they make use of or link against. To make this searching easier you may want to choose a unique name for the directory in which the temporary tools are stored. Instead of the simple <quote>tools</quote> you could use something like <quote>tools-for-lfs</quote>. However, you'll need to be careful -to adjust all references to <quote>tools</quote> throughout the book -- +to adjust all references to <quote>tools</quote> throughout the book - including those in any patches, notably the GCC Specs Patch.</para> <para>Create the required directory by running the following:</para> +--> <screen><userinput>mkdir $LFS/tools</userinput></screen> +<!-- <para>The next step is to create a <filename>/tools</filename> symlink on your <emphasis>host</emphasis> system. It will point to the directory we just created on the LFS partition:</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 page before reporting what you may think is an error.</para></note> @@ -42,5 +47,6 @@ refers to <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>, meaning that the compil and linker will work both in this chapter (when we are still using some tools from the host) <emphasis>and</emphasis> in the next (when we are <quote>chrooted</quote> to the LFS partition).</para> +--> </sect1> |