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diff --git a/chapter06/binutils-exp.xml b/chapter06/binutils-exp.xml index fb149b60f..1f171f937 100644 --- a/chapter06/binutils-exp.xml +++ b/chapter06/binutils-exp.xml @@ -1,6 +1,15 @@ <sect2> <title>Command explanations</title> +<para><userinput>tooldir=/usr:</userinput> Normally, the tooldir (the +directory where the executables from binutils end up in) is set to +$(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias) which expands into, for example, +/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu. Since we only build for our own system, we don't +need this target specific directory in /usr. That setup would be used +if the system was used to cross-compile (for example +compiling a package on the Intel machine that generates code that can be +executed on Apple PowerPC machines).</para> + <para><userinput>make tooldir=/usr install-info:</userinput> This will install binutil's info pages.</para> |