Changeset aa49729 for chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml

Timestamp:

09/24/2003 02:59:09 PM (21 years ago)

Author:

Greg Schafer <greg@…>

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Children:

978d0bf

Parents:

e005067

Message:

First half of fixes for Bug 675 - missing command descriptions.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2878 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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• chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml

@@ -30 +30 @@
 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;--prefix=/tools --disable-nls</userinput></screen></para>
 
-<para>The meaning of the configure switches:</para>
+<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
 
 <itemizedlist>
@@ -50 +50 @@
 
 <itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para><userinput>LDFLAGS="-all-static"</userinput>: This tells
-the linker that all the Binutils programs should be linked
-statically.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para><userinput>LDFLAGS="-all-static"</userinput>: This tells the
+linker that all the Binutils programs should be linked statically. However,
+strictly speaking, <userinput>"-all-static"</userinput> is first passed on to
+the <emphasis>libtool</emphasis> program which then passes
+<userinput>"-static"</userinput> on to the linker.</para></listitem>
 </itemizedlist>
 
@@ -64 +66 @@
 make -C ld LIB_PATH=/tools/lib</userinput></screen></para>
 
+<para>The meaning of the make options:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para><userinput>-C ld clean</userinput>: This tells the make program
+to remove all the compiled files only in the <filename>ld</filename>
+subdirectory.</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para><userinput>-C ld LIB_PATH=/tools/lib</userinput>: This option
+rebuilds everything in the <filename>ld</filename> subdirectory. Specifying the
+LIB_PATH makefile variable on the command line allows us to override the default
+value and have it point to our temporary tools location. This preparation will
+be utilised later on in the chapter.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
 <caution><para>Do not yet remove the Binutils build and source
 directories. You will need them again in their current state a bit further on