Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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> Steve Crosby wrote these words on 03/07/05 20:12 CST:
> 
>> 1. build the initial binutils and gcc in chapter 5 using dynamic
>> libs, rather than static (this avoids the stripped libc.a issue).
>> 
>> 2. use binutils prior to 2.15.91.0.2 in the initial chapter 5 (this
>> results in binutils ignoring the fact the symbols in libc.a on the
>> host are borked, but by chance that's the right option).
>> 
>> 3. Just rebuild and replace libc.a on the host - none of the other
>> glibc libraries\files are relevant to this issue.
> 
> Shouldn't there be a note in the current SVN book to help out with
> this? I mean this is going to be a *huge* issue a little bit later
> on when folks start trying to use LFS-6.0 to build the next version.
> 
> All three of the suggestions above are not just a trivial matter.
> I think it really sucks that one can't use the most recent prior
> version of LFS as a host to build the current version.
> 
> This is something that needs to be addressed pronto. :-)
> 

Bug 1061 created with suggested text (compiling binutils\gcc shared) - note 
that I haven't the experience with the toolchain to indicate if this is a 
"correct" fix, and since it's a toolchains issue, will need some serious 
brainpower\testing before the next release.

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