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Chapter 6. Cross Compiling Temporary Tools

6.6. Diffutils-3.10

The Diffutils package contains programs that show the differences between files or directories.

Approximate build time: 0.1 SBU
Required disk space: 29 MB

6.6.1. Installation of Diffutils

Prepare Diffutils for compilation: 

./configure --prefix=/usr   \
            --host=$LFS_TGT \
            --build=$(./build-aux/config.guess)

Compile the package: 

make

Install the package: 

make DESTDIR=$LFS install

Details on this package are located in Section 8.61.2, “Contents of Diffutils.”