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+<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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<sect2><title>Installation of Binutils</title>
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<para>This package is known to behave badly when you have changed its
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@@ -7,15 +9,40 @@ that override default optimizations, such as CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS, we
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recommend unsetting or modifying them when building binutils. You have
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been 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. Create the build directory:</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=/usr --enable-shared &&
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-make tooldir=/usr &&
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-make tooldir=/usr install &&
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-make tooldir=/usr install-info &&
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-cp ../binutils-&binutils-version;/include/libiberty.h /usr/include</userinput></screen></para>
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+cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen></para>
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+<para>Next, prepare Binutils to be compiled:</para>
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+<para><screen><userinput>../binutils-&binutils-version;/configure --prefix=/usr --enable-shared</userinput></screen></para>
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+<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>
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+<para><screen><userinput>make tooldir=/usr</userinput></screen></para>
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+<para>Normally, the <emphasis>tooldir</emphasis> (the directory where the
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+executables end up) is set to $(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias) which expands
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+into, for example, /usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu. Since we only build for our
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+own system, we don't need this target specific directory in /usr. That
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+setup would be used if the system was used to cross-compile (for example
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+compiling a package on the Intel machine that generates code that can be
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+executed on Apple PowerPC machines).</para>
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+<para>Install the package:</para>
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+<para><screen><userinput>make tooldir=/usr install</userinput></screen></para>
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+<para>Install the info pages:</para>
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+<para><screen><userinput>make tooldir=/usr install-info</userinput></screen></para>
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+<para>Some packages require the <emphasis>libiberty</emphasis> header
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+in order to build. To honor those packages, install the file:</para>
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+<para><screen><userinput>cp ../binutils-&binutils-version;/include/libiberty.h /usr/include</userinput></screen></para>
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</sect2>
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