#3456: Binutils does not install libiberty.a
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Reporter: chris | Owner: lfs-book@…
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 7.5
Component: Book | Version: SVN
Severity: normal | Resolution:
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Comment (by ken@…):
I *was* going to stick my head above the parapet and ask why LFS should
care about libiberty ? I don't recall the full details of an earlier
thread, which was many years ago, but my conclusion was that any package
which needs (or cares) about libiberty ought to provide its own version so
that it doesn't get messed up by version changes. The following packages
are known to care, and ship their own versions: binutils, gcc, gdb. And I
felt confident in asserting that we don't need libiberty because I've not
only built my own (relatively minimalist) desktop _without_ installing
libiberty.a, I've also built and installed or DESTDIR installed everything
in BLFS when testing make-4.0 a couple of months ago without needing it.
Note the "was" at the start of that paragraph :-( I googled trying to
find references, and any notes on packages which require libiberty. The
kernel's perf subsystem requires, or has required, libiberty, e.g.
[http://www.jethrocarr.com/2011/07/17/where-is-my-liberty/ ] .
So I guess we ought to have it from either binutils or gcc.
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