Clyde Forrester wrote: > I'm attempting LFS 6.3 using the LFS Live 6.3 CD. > At the end of 5.4 GCC-4.1.2 - Pass 1 > I am to create a symlink. > "ln -vs gcc /tools/bin/cc" > > The context puzzles me. > I have been burned before by not reading the "! Important" parts in 5.1 > So I pay attention to those now. > So it says "After installing each package, delete its source and build > directories..." > > The way I figure, near the end of 5.4, I'm in $LFS/sources/gcc-build . > Then I create a symlink, > and dutifully step out of gcc-build, > and nuke both gcc-build and gcc-4.1.2 directories from orbit, > taking the symlink with it. > > So, what I'm I missing or not understanding here? > > Should I be deleting the source and build directories first, > and then creating the symlink in $LFS/sources ? > > Clyde Forrester
The current directory is irrelevant when creating a symlink. The first parameter to ln (the "gcc" in this case) is relative to the symlink's location, not the current directory (in this case, /tools/bin). -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
