On 03/26/2010 07:04 AM, John Stephens wrote: > Chris, > Thanks for the reply. I've spent a lot of time in chapters 4 and 5. > I'm finding the book (6.6) a little unclear in certain areas which is > probably what is throwing me off to some degree. > > For example, look at 5.5.1, first box. It says: > > tar -jxf ../mpfr-2.4.2.tar.bz2 > mv -v mpfr-2.4.2 mpfr > tar -jxf ../gmp-5.0.0.tar.bz2 > mv -v ../gmp-5.0.0 gmp > > What is the point of reference for "../pkg-name"? If I am in my > /mnt/lfs/sources dir, then the ../ takes me up to /mnt/lfs and the > source tarball is not there. > > I haven't found any reference as to where I should be sitting > (directory wise...) when I issue the commands.
It is very clear, and not only did I say where it's stated in the book, I explicitly spelled it out... > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:29 AM, Chris Staub<[email protected]> wrote: >> On 03/25/2010 10:45 PM, John Stephens wrote: >>> >>> At this point, I believe all is OK. GCC is then unpacked in >>> $LFS/gcc-build, mpfr-3.4.3 and gmp-5.0.0 are unpacked into >>> $LFS/gcc-build/gcc-4.4.3 as mpfr and gmp respectively. >>> >>> GCC is then configured using: >>> l...@carina:/mnt/lfs/gcc-build/gcc-4.4.3$ ../gcc-4.4.3/configure >>> --target=$LFS_TGT --disable-nls --disable-shared --disable-multilib >>> --disable-decimal-float --disable-threads --disable-libmudflap >>> --disable-libssp --disable-libgomp --enable-languages=c >>> ...snip... >>> configure: creating ./config.status >>> config.status: creating Makefile >> >> I see 3 problems here... >> >> 1. The LFS book does not say to create gcc-build before unpacking the >> source tarball. Seems you need to take a close look at page 5.3, in >> particular the very last "Note" there - it says that you are to unpack >> the source tarball, cd into the created directory, *then* follow the >> instructions on the page. > > Page 5.5.1 *DOES* say exactly that: > "The GCC documentation recommends building GCC outside of the source > directory in a dedicated build directory." > > Then in the next box: > mkdir -v ../gcc-build > cd ../gcc-build > > The line above the first box states that GCC requires GMP and MPFR. > Now, if mpfr and gmp are unpacked in /mnt/lfs/sources, GCC has no > access to them. The only way I could get GCC to do anything was to > move both pkgs into /mnt/lfs/gcc-build/gcc-4.4.3/. But I am concerned > about that. > I know exactly what the book says. I will repeat what I just said above...if you look at the last note on page 5.3, it says that before you follow any of the instructions on a package installation page, you are to unpack that package's source and cd into the source directory. So, for GCC, you unpack the gcc-4.4.3 tarball, cd gcc-4.4.3, *then* do what the GCC page says. Again, this is in page 5.3 - however it is not the *only* important piece of info on that page, so be sure to go there and read it carefully - in fact, you might just want to keep page 5.3 open and re-read it before every package. >> >> 2. The gcc-build directory is not in $LFS/sources, so that means that > > Correct, but that is contrary to the instructions. Following what I just said above, if you are following the instructions given on page 5.3, which means you are starting from the GCC source directory (gcc-4.4.3) then gcc-build *will* be in $LFS/sources. Similarly, since the GCC page says to unpack GMP and MPFR *before* gcc-build is created, that means you are in the GCC source dir when you do so. So, to recap, unpack the GCC tarball, cd gcc-4.4.3, then do as stated on the GCC installation page, starting with unpacking GMP and MPFR and renaming their source dirs, then create and cd ../gcc-build. It is the exact same procedure for every package - you unpack the tarball, cd into the created source directory, then do as stated on the package's page, followed by removing the source and (and build, if created) dirs (which is explained in another note on page 5.3). For the same reason, binutils-build should also be located in $LFS/sources. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
