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@@ -8,14 +8,37 @@ that override default optimizations, such as CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS, we
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recommend unsetting or modifying them when building binutils. You have been
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warned.</para>
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-<para>Install Binutils by running the following commands:</para>
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+<para>It is recommended by the Binutils installation documentation to build
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+Binutils outside of the source directory in a dedicated directory:</para>
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+<para><screen><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build
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+cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen></para>
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-<para><screen><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build &&
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-cd ../binutils-build &&
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-../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure --prefix=$LFS/static --disable-nls &&
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-make LDFLAGS="-all-static" &&
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+<para>Next, prepare Binutils to be compiled:</para>
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+
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+<para><screen><userinput>../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure --prefix=$LFS/static --disable-nls</userinput></screen></para>
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+
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+<para>The meaning of the (new) configure switches are:</para>
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+
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+<itemizedlist>
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+<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-nls:</userinput> This option disables
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+internationalization (also known as i18n). We don't need this for our
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+static programs and nls often causes problems when you're linking
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+statically.</para></listitem>
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+</itemizedlist>
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+
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+<para>We'll finish off by compiling and installing the package:</para>
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+
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+<para><screen><userinput>make LDFLAGS="-all-static" &&
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make install</userinput></screen></para>
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+<para><emphasis>make LDFLAGS="-all-static"</emphasis> is how we tell
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+Binutils that all programs should be statically linked. Setting the
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+<emphasis>LDFLAGS</emphasis> variable is the common way of specifying we
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+want a static link to take place, however, its value and the way it is set
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+is not always the same. You'll see with the remaining packages that there
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+are different ways of setting up the <emphasis>LDFLAGS</emphasis>
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+variable.</para>
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</sect2>
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