On Thursday 27 November 2008 10:52:44 pm Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > Stealth wrote: > > The instructions don't say where to extract the binutils file. > > But in 5.3.1 it says to create: > > > > mkdir -v ../binutils-build > > cd ../binutils-build > > > > Where exactly was I supposed to be when I was supposed to do > > this step? > > Once you copy the packages to $LFS/sources, as the lfs user you > should probably cd to that directory and 'live' there for the > remainder of chapter 5. > > Every time you begin a section that involves building a package > (binutils is the first instance of this in section 5.3.1), you > should unpack that package in the sources directory, then cd into > the unpacked source _before_ you run any commands in that > package's section. So for section 5.3.1 the following order > happens (steps 1-3 are implied, but not listed in the book > explicitly) > > 1. cd $LFS/sources > 2. tar -xf binutils-2.18.tar.bz2 > 3. cd binutils-2.18 > 4. mkdir -v ../binutils-build > 5. cd ../binutils-build > > -- > JH
Thank you! This is going to be fun! -- Stealth -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
