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+++ b/chapter05/glibc.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
<title/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
- href="../chapter06/glibc.xml"
+ href="../chapter08/glibc.xml"
xpointer="xpointer(/sect1/sect2[1]/para[1])"/>
<segmentedlist>
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
- <seg>&glibc-ch5-sbu;</seg>
- <seg>&glibc-ch5-du;</seg>
+ <seg>&glibc-tmp-sbu;</seg>
+ <seg>&glibc-tmp-du;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
@@ -43,6 +43,33 @@
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Glibc</title>
+ <para arch="default">First, create a symbolic link for LSB compliance. Additionally,
+ for x86_64, create a compatibility symbolic link required for proper
+ operation of the dynamic library loader:</para>
+
+<screen arch="default"><userinput remap="pre">case $(uname -m) in
+ i?86) ln -sfv ld-linux.so.2 $LFS/lib/ld-lsb.so.3
+ ;;
+ x86_64) ln -sfv ../lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 $LFS/lib64
+ ln -sfv ../lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 $LFS/lib64/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3
+ ;;
+esac</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all">First, create symbolic links for LSB compliance
+ and compatibility symbolic links required for proper
+ operation of the dynamic library loader:</para>
+
+<!-- no ld-linux.so.2 here as multilib is based on x86_64, not on i686 -->
+<screen arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all"><userinput remap="pre">ln -sfv ../lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 $LFS/lib64
+ln -sfv ../lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 $LFS/lib64/ld-lsb-x86-64.so.3</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Some of the Glibc programs use the non-FHS compliant
+ <filename class="directory">/var/db</filename> directory to store their
+ runtime data. Apply the following patch to make such programs store their
+ runtime data in the FHS-compliant locations:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../glibc-&glibc-version;-fhs-1.patch</userinput></screen>
+
<para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc
in a dedicated build directory:</para>
@@ -52,18 +79,22 @@ cd build</userinput></screen>
<para>Next, prepare Glibc for compilation:</para>
<screen arch="default"><userinput remap="configure">../configure \
- --prefix=/tools \
+ --prefix=/usr \
--host=$LFS_TGT \
--build=$(../scripts/config.guess) \
--enable-kernel=&min-kernel; \
- --with-headers=/tools/include</userinput></screen>
+ --with-headers=$LFS/usr/include \
+ libc_cv_slibdir=/lib</userinput></screen>
<screen arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all"><userinput remap="configure">../configure \
- --prefix=/tools \
+ --prefix=/usr \
--host=$LFS_TGT \
--build=$(../scripts/config.guess) \
--enable-kernel=&min-kernel; \
+ --with-headers=$LFS/usr/include \
--enable-multi-arch \
- --with-headers=/tools/include</userinput></screen>
+ --libdir=/usr/lib \
+ --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
+ libc_cv_slibdir=/lib</userinput></screen>
<!--
libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes \
libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes</userinput></screen> -->
@@ -75,8 +106,8 @@ cd build</userinput></screen>
<term><parameter>--host=$LFS_TGT, --build=$(../scripts/config.guess)</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>The combined effect of these switches is that Glibc's build system
- configures itself to cross-compile, using the cross-linker and
- cross-compiler in <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>.</para>
+ configures itself to be cross-compiled, using the cross-linker and
+ cross-compiler in <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename>.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -89,51 +120,23 @@ cd build</userinput></screen>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
- <varlistentry arch="ml_32,ml_x32,ml_all">
- <term><parameter>--enable-multi-arch</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Enables glibc for multiarch environments.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-
<varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>--with-headers=/tools/include</parameter></term>
+ <term><parameter>--with-headers=$LFS/usr/include</parameter></term>
<listitem>
- <para>This tells Glibc to compile itself against the headers recently
- installed to the tools directory, so that it knows exactly what
- features the kernel has and can optimize itself accordingly.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
-<!--
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>The linker installed during
- <xref linkend="ch-tools-binutils-pass1"/> was cross-compiled and as
- such cannot be used until Glibc has been installed. This means that
- the configure test for force-unwind support will fail, as it relies on
- a working linker. The libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes variable is passed in
- order to inform <command>configure</command> that force-unwind
- support is available without it having to run the test.</para>
+ <para>This tells Glibc to compile itself against the headers
+ recently installed to the $LFS/usr/include directory, so that
+ it knows exactly what features the kernel has and can optimize
+ itself accordingly.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes</parameter></term>
+ <term><parameter>libc_cv_slibdir=/lib</parameter></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Similarly, we pass libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes through to the
- <command>configure</command> script so that the test is skipped and C
- cleanup handling support is configured.</para>
+ <para>This ensures that the library is installed in /lib instead
+ of the default /lib64 on 64 bit machines.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
--->
-<!-- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>libc_cv_ctors_header=yes</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Similarly, we pass libc_cv_ctors_header=yes through to the
- <command>configure</command> script so that the test is skipped and
- gcc constructor support is configured.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>-->
</variablelist>
@@ -161,216 +164,217 @@ cd build</userinput></screen>
<para>Install the package:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
+ <warning><para>If <envar>LFS</envar> is not properly set, and despite the
+ recommendations, you are building as root, the next command will install
+ the newly built glibc to your host system, which most likely will render it
+ unusable. So double check that the environment is correctly set for user
+ <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem>.</para></warning>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$LFS install</userinput></screen>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>The meaning of the <command>make install</command> option:</title>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>DESTDIR=$LFS</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>The <envar>DESTDIR</envar> make variable is used by almost all
+ packages to define the location where the package should be
+ installed. If it is not set, it defaults to the root (<filename
+ class="directory">/</filename>) directory. Here we specify that
+ the package be installed in <filename class="directory">$LFS
+ </filename>, which will become the root after <xref linkend=
+ "ch-tools-chroot"/>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
- <caution>
- <para>At this point, it is imperative to stop and ensure that the basic
- functions (compiling and linking) of the new toolchain are working as
- expected. To perform a sanity check, run the following commands:</para>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <caution>
+ <para>At this point, it is imperative to stop and ensure that the basic
+ functions (compiling and linking) of the new toolchain are working as
+ expected. To perform a sanity check, run the following commands:</para>
<screen><userinput>echo 'int main(){}' &gt; dummy.c
$LFS_TGT-gcc dummy.c
-readelf -l a.out | grep ': /tools'</userinput></screen>
+readelf -l a.out | grep '/ld-linux'</userinput></screen>
- <para>If everything is working correctly, there should be no errors,
- and the output of the last command will be of the form:</para>
+ <para>If everything is working correctly, there should be no errors,
+ and the output of the last command will be of the form:</para>
-<screen><computeroutput>[Requesting program interpreter: /tools/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2]</computeroutput></screen>
+<screen><computeroutput>[Requesting program interpreter: /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2]</computeroutput></screen>
- <para>Note that for 32-bit machines, the interpreter name will be
- <filename>/tools/lib/ld-linux.so.2</filename>.</para>
+ <para arch="default">Note that for 32-bit machines, the interpreter name will be
+ <filename>/lib/ld-linux.so.2</filename>.</para>
- <para>If the output is not shown as above or there was no output at all,
- then something is wrong. Investigate and retrace the steps to find out
- where the problem is and correct it. This issue must be resolved before
- continuing on.</para>
+ <para>If the output is not shown as above or there was no output at all,
+ then something is wrong. Investigate and retrace the steps to find out
+ where the problem is and correct it. This issue must be resolved before
+ continuing on.</para>
- <para>Once all is well, clean up the test files:</para>
+ <para>Once all is well, clean up the test files:</para>
<screen><userinput>rm -v dummy.c a.out</userinput></screen>
- </caution>
+ </caution>
- <note><para>Building Binutils in the section after next will serve as an
- additional check that the toolchain has been built properly. If Binutils
- fails to build, it is an indication that something has gone wrong with the
- previous Binutils, GCC, or Glibc installations.</para></note>
+ <note><para>Building packages in the next chapter will serve as an
+ additional check that the toolchain has been built properly. If some
+ package, especially binutils-pass2 or gcc-pass2, fails to build, it is
+ an indication that something has gone wrong with the
+ previous Binutils, GCC, or Glibc installations.</para></note>
- </sect2>
+ <para>Now that our cross-toolchain is complete, finalize the installation
+ of the limits.h header. For doing so, run a utility provided by the GCC
+ developers:</para>
- <sect2 arch="ml_32,ml_all" role="installation">
- <title>Installation of Glibc 32-bit</title>
-
- <para>Clean the build directory for redoing glibc for 32-bit:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir ../build32
-cd ../build32</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>Rebuild glibc for 32-bit:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">echo slibdir=/tools/lib32 &gt; configparms
-BUILD_CC="gcc -m32" \
-CC="${LFS_TGT}-gcc -m32" \
-CXX="${LFS_TGT}-g++ -m32" \
-AR="${LFS_TGT}-ar" \
-RANLIB="${LFS_TGT}-ranlib" \
-../configure --prefix=/tools \
- --build=$(../scripts/config.guess) \
- --host=${LFS_TGT32} \
- --enable-kernel=&min-kernel; \
- --with-headers=/tools/include \
- --with-binutils=/tools/bin \
- --enable-multi-arch \
- --libdir=/tools/lib32 \
- --libexecdir=/tools/lib32</userinput></screen>
-<!-- \
- libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes \
- libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes</userinput></screen> -->
+<screen><userinput>$LFS/tools/libexec/gcc/$LFS_TGT/&gcc-version;/install-tools/mkheaders</userinput></screen>
- <variablelist>
- <title>The meaning of the extra configure options:</title>
+ </sect2>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>--enable-multi-arch</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Enables glibc for multiarch environments.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
+ <!-- Multilib - 32bit -->
+ <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
+ <sect2 arch="ml_32,ml_all">
+ <title>Building Glibc - 32bit</title>
+
+ <para>Now recompile for m32. The extracted source can be
+ reused but needs to cleaned before installing the m32
+ version of Glibc.</para>
+
+ <para>Clear the build directory and remove artefacts from
+ previous build:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">make clean
+find .. -name "*.a" -delete</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Configure Glibc for m32 with the following commands:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="$LFS_TGT-gcc -m32" \
+CXX="$LFS_TGT-g++ -m32" \
+../configure \
+ --prefix=/usr \
+ --host=$LFS_TGT32 \
+ --build=$(../scripts/config.guess) \
+ --enable-kernel=&min-kernel; \
+ --with-headers=$LFS/usr/include \
+ --enable-multi-arch \
+ --libdir=&usr-lib-m32; \
+ --libexecdir=&usr-lib-m32; \
+ libc_cv_slibdir=&lib-m32;</userinput></screen>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>--libdir=/tools/lib32, --libexecdir=/tools/lib32</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Overrides location for installing 32-bit files.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ <para>Compile the package:</para>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>--with-binutils=/tools/bin</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>This tells Glibc to compile itself against the utilities
- found within our "tools" heirachy, because otherwise...</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
- </variablelist>
+ <para>Install the package:</para>
- <para>Now compile the 32-bit version of glibc:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
+cp -a DESTDIR&lib-m32;/* $LFS&lib-m32;/
+cp -a DESTDIR&usr-lib-m32; $LFS/usr/
+install -vm644 DESTDIR/usr/include/gnu/{lib-names,stubs}-32.h \
+ $LFS/usr/include/gnu/
+ln -svf ..&lib-m32;/ld-linux.so.2 $LFS/lib/ld-linux.so.2</userinput></screen>
- <para>Install 32-bit version of glibc:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make install_root="${PWD}/DESTDIR" install
-install -vdm755 /tools/lib32
-cp -Rv DESTDIR/tools/lib32/* /tools/lib32
-install -vm644 DESTDIR/tools/include/gnu/{lib-names,stubs}-32.h \
- /tools/include/gnu/
-ln -svf /tools/lib32/ld-linux.so.2 /tools/lib/</userinput></screen>
+ <caution>
+ <para>At this point, it is imperative to stop and ensure that the basic
+ functions (compiling and linking) of the new toolchain are working as
+ expected. To perform a sanity check, run the following commands:</para>
- </sect2>
+<screen><userinput>echo 'int main(){}' &gt; dummy.c
+$LFS_TGT-gcc -m32 dummy.c
+readelf -l a.out | grep '/ld-linux'</userinput></screen>
- <sect2 arch="ml_x32,ml_all" role="installation">
- <title>Installation of Glibc x32-bit</title>
-
- <para>Create a build directory for redoing glibc for x32-bit:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir ../build32x
-cd ../build32x</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>Rebuild glibc for x32-bit:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">echo slibdir=/tools/libx32 &gt; configparms
-BUILD_CC="gcc -mx32" \
-CC="${LFS_TGT}-gcc -mx32" \
-CXX="${LFS_TGT}-g++ -mx32" \
-AR="${LFS_TGT}-ar" \
-RANLIB="${LFS_TGT}-ranlib" \
-../configure --prefix=/tools \
- --build=$(../scripts/config.guess) \
- --host=${LFS_TGTX32} \
- --enable-kernel=&min-kernel; \
- --with-headers=/tools/include \
- --with-binutils=/tools/bin \
- --enable-multi-arch \
- --libdir=/tools/libx32 \
- --libexecdir=/tools/libx32</userinput></screen>
-<!-- \
- libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes \
- libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes</userinput></screen> -->
+ <para>If everything is working correctly, there should be no errors,
+ and the output of the last command will be of the form:</para>
- <variablelist>
- <title>The meaning of the extra configure options:</title>
+<screen><computeroutput>[Requesting program interpreter: /lib/ld-linux.so.2]</computeroutput></screen>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>--enable-multi-arch</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Enables glibc for multiarch environments.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ <para>If the output is not shown as above or there was no output at all,
+ then something is wrong. Investigate and retrace the steps to find out
+ where the problem is and correct it. This issue must be resolved before
+ continuing on.</para>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>--libdir=/tools/libx32, --libexecdir=/tools/libx32</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>Overrides location for installing x32-bit files.</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ <para>Once all is well, clean up the test files:</para>
- <varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>--with-binutils=/tools/bin</parameter></term>
- <listitem>
- <para>This tells Glibc to compile itself against the utilities
- found within our "tools" heirachy, because otherwise...</para>
- </listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+<screen><userinput>rm -v dummy.c a.out</userinput></screen>
- </variablelist>
+ </caution>
- <para>Now compile the x32-bit version of glibc:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
+ </sect2><!-- m32 -->
- <para>Install x32-bit version of glibc:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="install">make install_root="${PWD}/DESTDIR" install
-install -vdm755 /tools/libx32
-cp -Rv DESTDIR/tools/libx32/* /tools/libx32
-install -vm644 DESTDIR/tools/include/gnu/lib-names-x32.h \
- /tools/include/gnu/
-[ -e DESTDIR/tools/include/gnu/stubs-x32.h ] \
- &amp;&amp; install -vm644 DESTDIR/tools/include/gnu/stubs-x32.h /tools/include/gnu/ \
- || ln -v /tools/include/gnu/stubs-64.h /tools/include/gnu/stubs-x32.h
-ln -svf /tools/libx32/ld-linux-x32.so.2 /tools/lib/</userinput></screen>
-<!-- For whatever reason the stubs-x32.h doesn't get created. The 'ln' above is
-just a "brute force" workaraound - by copying the stubs-64.h file. -->
-
- <caution>
- <para>At this point, it is imperative to stop and ensure that the basic
- functions (compiling and linking) of the new toolchain are working as
- expected. To perform a sanity check, run the following commands:</para>
+ <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
+ <!-- Multilib - x32bit -->
+ <!-- - - - - - - - - - -->
+
+ <sect2 arch="ml_x32,ml_all">
+ <title>Building Glibc - x32bit</title>
+
+ <para>Now recompile for mx32. The extracted source can be
+ reused but needs to cleaned before installing the mx32
+ version of Glibc.</para>
+
+ <para>Clear the build directory and remove artefacts from
+ previous build:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="pre">make clean
+find .. -name "*.a" -delete</userinput></screen>
+
+ <para>Configure Glibc for mx32 with the following commands:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="$LFS_TGT-gcc -mx32" \
+CXX="$LFS_TGT-g++ -mx32" \
+../configure \
+ --prefix=/usr \
+ --host=$LFS_TGTX32 \
+ --build=$(../scripts/config.guess) \
+ --enable-kernel=&min-kernel; \
+ --with-headers=$LFS/usr/include \
+ --enable-multi-arch \
+ --libdir=&usr-lib-mx32; \
+ --libexecdir=&usr-lib-mx32; \
+ libc_cv_slibdir=&lib-mx32;</userinput></screen>
-<screen><userinput>echo 'int main(){}' &gt; dummy.c
-$LFS_TGT-gcc -m32 dummy.c
-readelf -l a.out | grep ': /tools'</userinput></screen>
+ <para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
- <para>If everything is working correctly, there should be no errors,
- and the output of the last command will be of the form:</para>
+ <para>Install the package:</para>
-<screen><computeroutput>[Requesting program interpreter: /tools/lib/ld-linux.so.2]</computeroutput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="install">make DESTDIR=$PWD/DESTDIR install
+cp -a DESTDIR&lib-mx32;/* $LFS&lib-mx32;/
+cp -a DESTDIR&usr-lib-mx32; $LFS/usr/
+install -vm644 DESTDIR/usr/include/gnu/{lib-names,stubs}-x32.h \
+ $LFS/usr/include/gnu/
+ln -svf ..&lib-mx32;/ld-linux-x32.so.2 $LFS/lib/ld-linux-x32.so.2</userinput></screen>
- <para>Redo test for x32-ABI:</para>
+ <caution>
+ <para>At this point, it is imperative to stop and ensure that the basic
+ functions (compiling and linking) of the new toolchain are working as
+ expected. To perform a sanity check, run the following commands:</para>
<screen><userinput>echo 'int main(){}' &gt; dummy.c
$LFS_TGT-gcc -mx32 dummy.c
-readelf -l a.out | grep ': /tools'</userinput></screen>
+readelf -l a.out | grep '/ld-linux-x32'</userinput></screen>
- <para>Output should be like:</para>
+ <para>If everything is working correctly, there should be no errors,
+ and the output of the last command will be of the form:</para>
-<screen><computeroutput>[Requesting program interpreter: /tools/libx32/ld-linux-x32.so.2]</computeroutput></screen>
+<screen><computeroutput>[Requesting program interpreter: /lib/ld-linux-x32.so.2]</computeroutput></screen>
- <para>If the output is not shown as above or there was no output at all,
- then something is wrong. Investigate and retrace the steps to find out
- where the problem is and correct it. This issue must be resolved before
- continuing on.</para>
+ <para>If the output is not shown as above or there was no output at all,
+ then something is wrong. Investigate and retrace the steps to find out
+ where the problem is and correct it. This issue must be resolved before
+ continuing on.</para>
- <para>Once all is well, clean up the test files:</para>
+ <para>Once all is well, clean up the test files:</para>
<screen><userinput>rm -v dummy.c a.out</userinput></screen>
- </caution>
- </sect2>
-
+ </caution>
+
+ </sect2><!-- mx32 -->
+
<sect2 role="content">
<title/>