| 123456789101112131415161718 | <sect2><title>Command explanations</title><para><userinput>mkdir ../binutils-build:</userinput> The installationinstructions for Binutils recommend creating a separate build directoryinstead of compiling the package inside the source tree. So, we create abinutils-build directory and work from there.</para><para><userinput>--disable-nls:</userinput> This option disabledinternationalization (also known as i18n). We don't need this for ourstatic programs and nls often causes problems when you're linkingstatically.</para><para><userinput>LDFLAGS=-all-static:</userinput> Setting the variable LDFLAGSto the value -all-static causes binutils to be linked statically.</para></sect2>
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