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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 disabled
- 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>
- <para><userinput>tooldir=$LFS/usr:</userinput> Normally, the tooldir (the
- directory where the executables from binutils end up in) is set to
- $(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias) which expands into, for example,
- /usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu. Since we only build for our own system, we don't
- need this target specific directory in $LFS/usr. That setup would be used
- if the system was used to cross-compile (for example
- compiling a package on the Intel machine that generates code that can be
- executed on Apple PowerPC machines).</para>
- </sect2>
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