Thanks for replying so quickly. I have been following it exactly and am about to start the adjust the tool chain and did not see anything about how to change the gcc file to point to /tools/lib.
I will continue with the adjusting the tool chain and I really appreciate you responding. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone On Feb 17, 2012, at 9:57 PM, Eleanore Boyd <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/17/2012 8:43 PM, Jim Washko wrote: >> >> I am using Ubuntu 11.10 and LFS 7.0 with all the versions of the packages >> that the book is using. >> >> I am currently going through LFS for the first time. I am compiling glibc >> now and have a question about the next step. >> >> Earlier in book 7.0, it says: >> >> After the Glibc installation, change gcc's specs file to point to the new >> dynamic linker in /tools/lib. This last >> step is vital in ensuring that searching and linking take place only within >> the /tools prefix. A hard-wired path to a >> dynamic linker is embedded into every Executable and Link Format >> (ELF)-shared executable. This can be inspected >> by running: readelf -l <name of binary> | grep interpreter. Amending gcc's >> specs file ensures >> that every program compiled from here through the end of this chapter will >> use the new dynamic linker in /tools/ >> lib. >> >> Is there a step by step process on the commands I need to put in and where I >> need to change this specific file? This seems like a VERY important step to >> screw up and ANY help would be greatly appreciated! >> >> If I don't need to do this now, please let me know! >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jim Washko >> >> > Don't worry. It tells you exactly how to do this. Just read the instructions > and do EXACTLY what they say, i.e. unzip the source, go into the extracted > source folder, and follow ye instructions from there. EXACTLY as printed. > > ... > > I've seen too many instances of people not fully reading the instructions, > screwing up and then simply running to the support list first instead of > trying to solve it themselves, so sorry if I seem overbearing on that part. > > Elly > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
