Author: robert
Date: 2006-12-03 22:21:18 -0700 (Sun, 03 Dec 2006)
New Revision: 930
Modified:
branches/2.4-branch/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
branches/2.4-branch/BOOK/chapter06/binutils.xml
Log:
Added --disable-static and --with-pic to Binutils chap6
Modified: branches/2.4-branch/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/2.4-branch/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2006-12-03 23:47:30 UTC
(rev 929)
+++ branches/2.4-branch/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2006-12-04 05:21:18 UTC
(rev 930)
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@
</listitem>
-->
+<listitem><para>December 3rd, 2006 [Robert]: Added --disable-static and
--with-pic to
+Binutils in chap 6.</para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para>December 3rd, 2006 [Robert]: Fixed bug with
semaphore.h.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>December 3rd, 2006 [Robert]: Added branch update patch for
Glibc-2.5.</para></listitem>
Modified: branches/2.4-branch/BOOK/chapter06/binutils.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/2.4-branch/BOOK/chapter06/binutils.xml 2006-12-03 23:47:30 UTC
(rev 929)
+++ branches/2.4-branch/BOOK/chapter06/binutils.xml 2006-12-04 05:21:18 UTC
(rev 930)
@@ -50,13 +50,13 @@
<para>This issue needs to be resolved before running the test suites
for Binutils and GCC.</para>
- <para role="hardened_tmp">This patch is from Binutils-cvs:
+ <para>This patch is from Binutils-cvs:
<ulink url="http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils-cvs/2006-10/msg00044.html"/>,
and adds the mkstemp(3) and mkdtemp(3) library functions to Binutils
for safer temporary file creation. Apply this patch with the following
command:</para>
-<screen role="hardened_tmp"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i
../&binutils-hardened_tmp-patch;</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i
../&binutils-hardened_tmp-patch;</userinput></screen>
<para>The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of
the
source directory in a dedicated build directory:</para>
@@ -67,8 +67,34 @@
<para>Prepare Binutils for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput>../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure --prefix=/usr \
- --enable-shared</userinput></screen>
+ --enable-shared --disable-static --with-pic</userinput></screen>
+ <variablelist>
+ <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>--disable-static</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This option configures Binutils so static libraries are
+ not built or installed. The
+ <filename class="libraryfile">libiberty.a</filename>
+ library will be installed regardless of this option.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><parameter>--with-pic</parameter></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>This option tells Binutils to build all libraries, both
+ static and shared, with position independent code. This is
+ particularly usefull here for the
+ <filename class="libraryfile">libiberty.a</filename> library.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make tooldir=/usr</userinput></screen>
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