[lfs-support] Binutils patch, why?

2012-12-16 Thread JIA Pei
Hi, all: 1) From http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter05/binutils-pass1.html, binutils pass 1 requires a patch, why? What is this patch for? *patch -Np1 -i ../binutils-2.22-build_fix-1.patch* 2) Since I'm trying to use the most recent package, say binutils-2.23.1, instead of

Re: [lfs-support] Binutils patch, why?

2012-12-16 Thread Michael E. Maher
On Sun, 2012-12-16 at 03:55 -0800, JIA Pei wrote: Hi, all: 1) From http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter05/binutils-pass1.html , binutils pass 1 requires a patch, why? What is this patch for? patch -Np1 -i ../binutils-2.22-build_fix-1.patch 2) Since

Re: [lfs-support] Binutils patch, why?

2012-12-16 Thread Randy McMurchy
JIA Pei wrote these words on 12/16/12 05:55 CST: Hi, all: 1) From http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter05/binutils-pass1.html, binutils pass 1 requires a patch, why? snip 2) Since I'm trying to use the most recent package, say binutils-2.23.1, instead of binutils-2.22,

Re: [lfs-support] Binutils patch, why?

2012-12-16 Thread Chris Staub
On 12/16/2012 06:55 AM, JIA Pei wrote: Hi, all: 1) From http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/chapter05/binutils-pass1.html , binutils pass 1 requires a patch, why? What is this patch for? *patch -Np1 -i ../binutils-2.22-build_fix-1.patch* It tells you in the book. Try reading