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@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
- <title>Installation of Binutils</title>
+ <title>Installation of Cross Binutils</title>
<para>It is important that Binutils be the first package compiled
because both Glibc and GCC perform various tests on the available
@@ -70,19 +70,20 @@ cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
<para>Now prepare Binutils for compilation:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -B/usr/bin/" ../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure \
- --prefix=/tools --disable-nls --disable-werror</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure \
+ --target=$LFS_TGT --prefix=/tools \
+ --disable-nls --disable-werror</userinput></screen>
<variablelist>
<title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
<varlistentry>
- <term><envar>CC="gcc -B/usr/bin/"</envar></term>
+ <term><envar>--target=$LFS_TGT</envar></term>
<listitem>
- <para>This forces <command>gcc</command> to prefer the linker from
- the host in <filename class="directory">/usr/bin</filename>. This
- is necessary on some hosts where the new <command>ld</command>
- built here is not compatible with the host's <command>gcc</command>.
+ <para>Because the machine description in the <envar>LFS_TGT</envar>
+ variable is slightly different than the value returned by the
+ config.guess script, this switch will tell the configure script to
+ adjust Binutil's build system for building a cross linker.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -124,49 +125,17 @@ cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
tests at this point are minimal since the programs from this
first pass will soon be replaced by those from the second.</para>
- <para>Create a symlink to ensure the sanity of our toolchain:</para>
+ <para>If building on x86_64, create a symlink to ensure the sanity of
+ the toolchain:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="install">mkdir -v /tools/lib
-ln -sv lib /tools/lib64</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">case $(uname -m) in
+ x86_64) mkdir -v /tools/lib &amp;&amp; ln -sv lib /tools/lib64 ;;
+esac</userinput></screen>
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
- <para>Finally, prepare the linker for the <quote>Adjusting</quote> phase
- later on:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="adjust">make -C ld clean
-make -C ld LIB_PATH=/tools/lib
-cp -v ld/ld-new /tools/bin</userinput></screen>
-
- <variablelist>
- <title>The meaning of the make parameters:</title>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>-C ld clean</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>This tells the make program to remove all compiled
- files in the <filename class="directory">ld</filename>
- subdirectory.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>-C ld LIB_PATH=/tools/lib</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>This option rebuilds everything in the <filename
- class="directory">ld</filename> subdirectory. Specifying the
- <envar>LIB_PATH</envar> Makefile variable on the command line
- allows us to override the default value and point it to the
- temporary tools location. The value of this variable specifies
- the linker's default library search path. This preparation is
- used later in the chapter.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
- </variablelist>
-
</sect2>
<sect2 role="content">