Author: dj
Date: 2008-10-11 22:09:47 -0600 (Sat, 11 Oct 2008)
New Revision: 8647
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml
Log:
Use static linked gcc for pass 1 - #2056.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2008-10-12 04:04:01 UTC (rev 8646)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml 2008-10-12 04:09:47 UTC (rev 8647)
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
<para>2008-10-12</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
+ <para>[dj] - Changed Chapter 5 GCC Pass 1 build to static. Thanks to
+ Jeremy Huntwork for the suggestion and supporting text.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>[dj] - Added note to Chapter 6 GCC abuot the new include-fixed
directory and changed the sample output to match.</para>
</listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml 2008-10-12 04:04:01 UTC (rev 8646)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml 2008-10-12 04:09:47 UTC (rev 8647)
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
<para>Prepare GCC for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -B/usr/bin/"
../gcc-&gcc-version;/configure --prefix=/tools \
- --with-local-prefix=/tools --disable-nls --enable-shared \
- --enable-languages=c --disable-decimal-float</userinput></screen>
+ --with-local-prefix=/tools --disable-nls --disable-shared \
+ --enable-languages=c</userinput></screen>
<variablelist>
<title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
@@ -90,14 +90,11 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
- <term><parameter>--enable-shared</parameter></term>
+ <term><parameter>--disable-shared</parameter></term>
<listitem>
- <para>This switch allows the building of <filename
- class="libraryfile">libgcc_s.so.1</filename> and
- <filename class="libraryfile">libgcc_eh.a</filename>.
- Having <filename class="libraryfile">libgcc_eh.a</filename>
- available ensures that the configure script for Glibc (the
- next package we compile) produces the proper results.</para>
+ <para>This switch forces gcc to link its internal libraries
+ statically. We do this to avoid possible issues with the host
+ system.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -130,6 +127,17 @@
<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
+ <para>Using <parameter>--disable-shared</parameter> means that the
+ <filename>libgcc_eh.a</filename> file isn't created and installed. The
+ Glibc package depends on this library as it uses
+ <parameter>-lgcc_eh</parameter> within its build system. We can satisfy
+ that dependency by creating a symlink to <filename>libgcc.a</filename>,
+ since that file will end up containing the objects normally contained in
+ <filename>libgcc_eh.a</filename>.</para>
+
+<screen><userinput remap="install">ln -vs libgcc.a `gcc
-print-libgcc-file-name | \
+ sed 's/libgcc/&_eh/'`</userinput></screen>
+
<para>As a finishing touch, create a symlink. Many programs and scripts
run <command>cc</command> instead of <command>gcc</command>, which is
used to keep programs generic and therefore usable on all kinds of UNIX
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