1 | <sect1 id="ch-system-binutils" xreflabel="Binutils">
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2 | <title>Installing Binutils-&binutils-version;</title>
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3 | <?dbhtml filename="binutils.html" dir="chapter06"?>
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4 |
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5 | <para>The Binutils package contains a linker, an assembler, and other tools for
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6 | handling object files.</para>
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7 |
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8 | <screen>&buildtime; &binutils-time;
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9 | &diskspace; &binutils-compsize;</screen>
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10 |
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11 | &aa-binutils-down;
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12 | &aa-binutils-dep;
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13 |
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14 | <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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15 |
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16 | <sect2><title>Installation of Binutils</title>
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17 |
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18 | <para>Now is an appropriate time to verify that your pseudo terminals (PTYs) are
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19 | working properly inside the chroot environment. We will again quickly check that
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20 | everything is set up correctly by performing a simple test:</para>
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21 |
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22 | <screen><userinput>expect -c "spawn ls"</userinput></screen>
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23 |
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24 | <para>If you receive the message:</para>
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25 |
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26 | <blockquote><screen>The system has no more ptys. Ask your system administrator to create more.</screen></blockquote>
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27 |
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28 | <para>Your chroot environment is not set up for proper PTY operation. In this
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29 | case there is no point in running the test suites for Binutils and GCC until you
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30 | are able to resolve the issue. Please refer back to <xref linkend="ch-system-proc"/>
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31 | and the <xref linkend="ch-system-MAKEDEV"/> section and perform the recommended steps
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32 | to fix the problem.</para>
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33 |
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34 | <para>This package is known to behave badly when you have changed its
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35 | default optimization flags (including the -march and -mcpu options).
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36 | Therefore, if you have defined any environment variables that override
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37 | default optimizations, such as CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS, we recommend unsetting
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38 | or modifying them when building Binutils.</para>
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39 |
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40 | <para>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the
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41 | source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
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42 |
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43 | <screen><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build
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44 | cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
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45 |
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46 | <para>Now prepare Binutils for compilation:</para>
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47 |
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48 | <screen><userinput>../&binutils-dir;/configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared</userinput></screen>
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49 |
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50 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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51 |
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52 | <screen><userinput>make tooldir=/usr</userinput></screen>
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53 |
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54 | <para>Normally, the <emphasis>tooldir</emphasis> (the directory where the
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55 | executables end up) is set to $(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias), which expands
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56 | into, for example, <filename>/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu</filename>. Since we only
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57 | build for our own system, we don't need this target specific directory in
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58 | <filename>/usr</filename>. That setup would be used if the system was used to
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59 | cross-compile (for example compiling a package on an Intel machine that
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60 | generates code that can be executed on PowerPC machines).</para>
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61 |
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62 | <important><para>The test suite for Binutils in this section is considered
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63 | <emphasis>critical</emphasis>. Our advice is to not skip it under any
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64 | circumstances.</para></important>
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65 |
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66 | <para>Test the results:</para>
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67 |
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68 | <screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
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69 |
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70 | <para>The test suite notes from <xref linkend="ch-tools-binutils-pass2"/> are still
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71 | very much appropriate here. Be sure to refer back there should you have any
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72 | doubts.</para>
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73 |
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74 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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75 |
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76 | <screen><userinput>make tooldir=/usr install</userinput></screen>
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77 |
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78 | <para>Install the <emphasis>libiberty</emphasis> header file that is needed by
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79 | some packages:</para>
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80 |
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81 | <screen><userinput>cp ../&binutils-dir;/include/libiberty.h /usr/include</userinput></screen>
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82 |
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83 | </sect2>
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84 |
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85 | &aa-binutils-shortdesc;
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86 | &aa-binutils-desc;
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87 |
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88 | </sect1>
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89 |
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