From 4e82d4787a775438ce10fc7e3ccefe9fcd23ccd0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@linuxfromscratch.org>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 20:46:02 +0000
Subject: Bring in DIY's next generation build method. Move GRUB to chapter 8.

git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8755 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
---
 chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

(limited to 'chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml')

diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml
index 7cfcb6421..dd7e7d912 100644
--- a/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml
+++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 role="installation">
-    <title>Re-installation of Binutils</title>
+    <title>Installation of Binutils</title>
 
     <para>Binutils does not recognize versions of Texinfo newer than 4.9.  Fix
     this issue by applying the following patch:</para>
@@ -55,12 +55,23 @@ cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>Prepare Binutils for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure --prefix=/tools \
-    --disable-nls --with-lib-path=/tools/lib</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="$LFS_TGT-gcc -B/tools/lib/" \
+   AR=$LFS_TGT-ar RANLIB=$LFS_TGT-ranlib \
+   ../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure --prefix=/tools \
+   --disable-nls --with-lib-path=/tools/lib</userinput></screen>
 
     <variablelist>
       <title>The meaning of the new configure options:</title>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>CC="$LFS_TGT-gcc -B/tools/lib/" AR=$LFS_TGT-ar RANLIB=$LFS_TGT-ranlib</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>Because this is really a native build of Binutils, setting these
+          variables ensures that the build system uses the cross-compiler and
+          associated tools instead of the ones on the host system.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>--with-lib-path=/tools/lib</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
@@ -78,13 +89,6 @@ cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, running the
-    test suite is not mandatory for the temporary tools here in this
-    chapter. To run the Binutils test suite anyway, issue the following
-    command:</para>
-
-<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
-
     <para>Install the package:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
@@ -96,6 +100,33 @@ cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
 make -C ld LIB_PATH=/usr/lib:/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=/usr/lib:/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 of the temporary tools
+          and point it to the proper final path. The value of this variable
+          specifies the linker's default library search path. This
+          preparation is used in the next chapter.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+    </variablelist>
+
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 role="content">
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