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