Thanks Chris and Simon... Guess they're right when they say that the devil is in the details...
I haven't gone too far down the process. So I will start from scratch and be doubly careful about what I do at each stage. Cheers Abhinav. 2009/12/18 Simon Geard <delga...@ihug.co.nz> > On Thu, 2009-12-17 at 15:02 +0530, Abhinav Chaturvedi wrote: > > As far as I remember, I have stuck to the text. However, I did > > create a separate build folder for Pass 2 called binutils-build2. I > > assumed that the build folder created in Pass 1 needed to be separate > > from that in Pass 2. > > If you're leaving build and source directories around once you've > installed a package, then you've not stuck to the text. You've missed > the following warning under "5.3 General Compilation Instructions". > > Important: > After installing each package, delete its source and build > directories, unless specifically instructed otherwise. Deleting > the sources prevents mis-configuration when the same package is > reinstalled later. > > This may or may not be the cause of your problems, but those warnings > are there for a reason. You have the right idea by creating separate > build folders, but it's not necessarily enough - there's no guarantee > that the source folder is unaffected by the first build, and so removing > and re-extracting the source avoids the problem. > > Simon. > > > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > -- It's the peoples' will, I am their leader, I must follow them. (Jim Hacker in Yes Minister)
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