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immediatley before binutils. Essentially reordered the presentation that was in the Chapter 5 Introduction. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8704 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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%general-entities;
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]>
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<sect1 id="ch-tools-generalinstructions">
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<?dbhtml filename="generalinstructions.html"?>
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<title>General Compilation Instructions</title>
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<para>When building packages there are several assumptions made within
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the instructions:</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Several of the packages are patched before compilation, but only when
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the patch is needed to circumvent a problem. A patch is often needed in
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both this and the next chapter, but sometimes in only one or the other.
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Therefore, do not be concerned if instructions for a downloaded patch seem
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to be missing. Warning messages about <emphasis>offset</emphasis> or
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<emphasis>fuzz</emphasis> may also be encountered when applying a patch. Do
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not worry about these warnings, as the patch was still successfully
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applied.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>During the compilation of most packages, there will be several
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warnings that scroll by on the screen. These are normal and can safely be
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ignored. These warnings are as they appear—warnings about
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deprecated, but not invalid, use of the C or C++ syntax. C standards change
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fairly often, and some packages still use the older standard. This is not a
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problem, but does prompt the warning.</para>
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<important>
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<para>After installing each package, delete its source and build
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directories, unless specifically instructed otherwise. Deleting the
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sources prevents mis-configuration when the same package is reinstalled
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later.</para>
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</important>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Check one last time that the <envar>LFS</envar> environment variable
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is set up properly:</para>
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<screen role="nodump"><userinput>echo $LFS</userinput></screen>
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<para>Make sure the output shows the path to the LFS partition's mount
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point, which is <filename class="directory">/mnt/lfs</filename>, using our
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example.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Finally, one last important item must be emphasized:</para>
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<important>
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<para>Before issuing the build instructions for a package, the package
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should be unpacked as user <systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem>,
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and a <command>cd</command> into the created directory should be
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performed. The build instructions assume that the
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<command>bash</command> shell is in use.</para>
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</important>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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