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- <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>
 
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