Changeset 4e82d47 for chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml

Timestamp:

12/05/2008 08:46:02 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

Jeremy Huntwork <jhuntwork@…>

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Children:

6f2cc22

Parents:

6e88633

Message:

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

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• chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml

@@ -42 +42 @@
 
   <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
@@ -56 +56 @@
     <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>
@@ -79 +90 @@
 <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>
 
@@ -96 +100 @@
 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>