Binutils-2.14 - Pass 2
Approximate build time: 1.5 SBU Required disk space: 35.6 MB
Re-installation of Binutils
Create a separate build directory again:
mkdir ../binutils-build cd ../binutils-build
Now prepare Binutils for compilation:
../binutils-2.14/configure --prefix=/tools \
--enable-shared --with-lib-path=/tools/lib
The meaning of the new configure option:
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--with-lib-path=/tools/lib: This tells the configure script to specify the library search path during the compilation of Binutils, resulting in /tools/lib to be passed to the linker. This prevents the linker from searching through library directories on the host.
Before starting to build Binutils, remember to unset any environment variables that override the default optimization flags.
Compile the package:
make
Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, we don't recommend running the test suites for the temporary tools here in this chapter. If nevertheless you want to run the Binutils test suite, the following command will do so:
make check
There should be no unexpected failures here, expected failures are fine. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to view the test results summary like there was for the GCC package. However, if a failure occurs here, it should be easy to spot. The output shown will contain something like:
make[1]: *** [check-binutils] Error 2
And install the package:
make install
Now prepare the linker for the "Re-adjusting" phase in the next chapter:
make -C ld clean make -C ld LIB_PATH=/usr/lib:/lib
![[Warning]](../images/warning.png)
Warning
Do not yet remove the Binutils source and build directories. You will need these directories again in the next chapter in the state they are in now.
The details on this package are found in the section called “Contents of Binutils”.