Luuk wrote: > Hi, > i started reading the BOOK (Linux From Scratch - Version SVN-20071125) > i have the following questioon: > > In chapter 5.3.1 binutils-2.18 - Pass 1 the following is mentioned: > The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils outside of the > source directory in a dedicated build directory: > mkdir -v ../binutils-build > >>From WHICH directory am i supposed to do the 'mkdir ../??' > or, in other words, where should the directory 'binutils-2.18' be > created? > > Luuk > > >
Hi Luuk, All the commands are expected to be done in the extracted source directory. (I think it explains this early on in the book but perhaps it isn't terribly clear as you are not the first one to ask) So let's say you have a directory under your home called builds. You untar binutils-2.18 in there and you should end up with the following path: ~/builds/binutils-2.18/ After untarring you should always cd into the newly created source tree (directory) *before* doing anything else. ~ means your home directory to the command line so something like /home/luuk/ for example. You run the command "mkdir -v ../binutils-build" from within that source dir so you end up with ~/builds/binutils-2.18/ *and* ~/builds/binutils-build/ Hope this helps. Alan -- The way out is open! http://www.theopensourcerer.com -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
