Author: manuel Date: 2005-06-03 11:58:00 -0600 (Fri, 03 Jun 2005) New Revision: 5628
Modified: branches/cross-lfs/BOOK/final-preps/creatingtoolsdir.xml Log: Indented final-preps/creatingtoolsdir.xml Modified: branches/cross-lfs/BOOK/final-preps/creatingtoolsdir.xml =================================================================== --- branches/cross-lfs/BOOK/final-preps/creatingtoolsdir.xml 2005-06-03 17:54:16 UTC (rev 5627) +++ branches/cross-lfs/BOOK/final-preps/creatingtoolsdir.xml 2005-06-03 17:58:00 UTC (rev 5628) @@ -1,46 +1,48 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd"; [ +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd"; [ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> %general-entities; ]> + <sect1 id="ch-final-preps-creatingtoolsdir"> -<title>Creating the $LFS/tools Directory</title> -<?dbhtml filename="creatingtoolsdir.html"?> + <?dbhtml filename="creatingtoolsdir.html"?> -<para>All programs compiled in <xref -linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> will be installed under <filename -class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> to keep them separate from the -programs compiled in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>. The -programs compiled here are temporary tools and will not be a part of -the final LFS system. By keeping these programs in a separate -directory, they can easily be discarded later after their use. This -also prevents these programs from ending up in the host production -directories (easy to do by accident in <xref -linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>).</para> + <title>Creating the $LFS/tools Directory</title> -<para>Create the required directory by running the following as -<emphasis>root</emphasis>:</para> + <para>All programs compiled in <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> + will be installed under <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> + to keep them separate from the programs compiled in <xref + linkend="chapter-building-system"/>. The programs compiled here are + temporary tools and will not be a part of the final LFS system. By keeping + these programs in a separate directory, they can easily be discarded later + after their use. This also prevents these programs from ending up in the + host production directories (easy to do by accident in <xref + linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>).</para> + <para>Create the required directory by running the following as + <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para> + <screen><userinput>install -d $LFS/tools</userinput></screen> -<para>The next step is to create a <filename class="symlink">/tools</filename> -symlink on the host system. This will point to the newly-created directory on -the LFS partition. Run this command as <emphasis>root</emphasis> as -well:</para> + <para>The next step is to create a <filename class="symlink">/tools</filename> + symlink on the host system. This will point to the newly-created directory + on the LFS partition. Run this command as <systemitem + class="username">root</systemitem> as well:</para> <screen><userinput>ln -s $LFS/tools /</userinput></screen> -<note><para>The above command is correct. The <command>ln</command> -command has a few syntactic variations, so be sure to check the info -and man pages before reporting what you may think is an -error.</para></note> + <note> + <para>The above command is correct. The <command>ln</command> command + has a few syntactic variations, so be sure to check the info and man + pages before reporting what you may think is an error.</para> + </note> -<para>The created symlink enables the toolchain to be compiled so that -it always refers to <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>, -meaning that the compiler, assembler, and linker will work both in -this chapter (when we are still using some tools from the host) and in -the next (when we are <quote>chrooted</quote> to the LFS -partition).</para> + <para>The created symlink enables the toolchain to be compiled so that + it always refers to <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>, + meaning that the compiler, assembler, and linker will work both in + this chapter (when we are still using some tools from the host) and in + the next (when we are <quote>chrooted</quote> to the LFS + partition).</para> </sect1> - -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
