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  1. <sect2>
  2. <title>Command explanations</title>
  3. <para><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build:</userinput> The installation
  4. instructions for Binutils recommend creating a separate build directory
  5. instead of compiling the package inside the source tree. So, we create a
  6. binutils-build directory and work from there.</para>
  7. <para><userinput>--disable-nls:</userinput> This option disabled
  8. internationalization (also known as i18n). We don't need this for our
  9. static programs and nls often causes problems when you're linking
  10. statically.</para>
  11. <para><userinput>LDFLAGS=-all-static:</userinput> Setting the variable LDFLAGS
  12. to the value -all-static causes binutils to be linked statically.</para>
  13. </sect2>