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@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
<screen><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build
cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
-<para>Next, prepare Binutils to be compiled:</para>
+<note><para>If you want the SBU values listed in the rest of the book to be of
+any use, you will have to measure the time it takes to build this package. To
+achieve this easily, you could do something like:
+<userinput>time { ./configure ... &amp;&amp; ... &amp;&amp; ... &amp;&amp; make install; }</userinput>.</para></note>
+
+<para>Now prepare Binutils for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput>../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure \
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--prefix=/tools --disable-nls</userinput></screen>