Hi Firerat, I did that in following way.
I went to the binutis-2.21 folder first (after unziping ) and then offered the commands in the book. I think the commands in the book simply get out of the binutils folder and create binutil-build under source directory.. Correct me If I am wrong. On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Firerat <fire...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Let's have a small time out and think about this.... > > make failed as it found no Makefile, this is created by configure. > > Binutils is a little 'odd' in you build it outside of the source dir > > in sources you should have the tarball, binutils-x.y.z/ and binutils-build > > I suspect you have untared binutils, then created ../binutils-build > Easy mistake to make.... > > The book assumes you are in the packages source dir > Untar binutils, cd into the created dir and then follow the book > On Jan 10, 2012 10:45 AM, "Uthayanan" <suthaya...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Firerat, >> >> lfsuthayan@ubuntu:/$ make -j1 >> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. >> >> I also tried in following way >> >> lfsuthayan@ubuntu:/$ export MAKEFLAGS='-j 1' >> lfsuthayan@ubuntu:/$ make -j1 >> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. >> >> But earlier, Since My laptop is core to duo i set it to two and i didnt >> get any sort of error. >> >> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Firerat <fire...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Jan 10, 2012 10:22 AM, "Uthayanan" <suthaya...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > >>> > Hi Firerat >>> > >>> > Book says the required disk space should be 350 MB. But my >>> binutils-build is only 508K >>> > >>> > lfsuthayan@ubuntu:/mnt/lfs/Sources$ ls -lh binutils-build/ >>> > total 508K >>> > >>> > that means , I am missing something no .... btw I used ubuntu to >>> create my lfs partition.. is there any thing to do with that ? >>> > >>> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Firerat <fire...@googlemail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Jan 10, 2012 9:48 AM, "Uthayanan" <suthaya...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> > >>> >> > Hi Sandip, >>> >> > >>> >> > I followed the book.. During the compilation i didnt get any >>> errors.. Then during the installation I got the above warning and system >>> >> > got out of the installation mode soon after the errors. >>> >> > Do we have different options in compilation ? >>> >> > >>> >> > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 3:13 PM, sandip sitapara < >>> s13884...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >> >>> >> >> There is no error. Just messages that there is nothing to be >>> installed. I am not sure but testsuit shouldn't be install in system it is >>> just to check the correct installation and dependencies to run that >>> software correctly.Also you have to look the compilation options while >>> building the same. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 3:05 PM, Uthayanan <suthaya...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> Hi Group, >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> I get following error when I try to install the binutils. I am >>> new to lfs and may be this one may be a silly question to ask:) . Please >>> help me on this >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> make[3]: Entering directory >>> `/mnt/lfs/Sources/binutils-build/libiberty/testsuite' >>> >> >>> make[3]: Nothing to be done for `install'. >>> >> >>> make[3]: Leaving directory >>> `/mnt/lfs/Sources/binutils-build/libiberty/testsuite' >>> >> >>> make[2]: Leaving directory >>> `/mnt/lfs/Sources/binutils-build/libiberty' >>> >> >>> make[1]: Nothing to be done for `install-target'. >>> >> >>> make[1]: Leaving directory `/mnt/lfs/Sources/binutils-build' >>> >> >>> lfsuthayan@ubuntu:/mnt/lfs/Sources/binutils-build$ >>> >> >>> lfsuthayan@ubuntu:/mnt/lfs/Sources/binutils-build$ >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> Thanks >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> -- >>> >> >>> Regards, >>> >> >>> s uthay >>> >> >>> >>> >> >>> -- >>> >> >>> http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support >>> >> >>> FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html >>> >> >>> Unsubscribe: See the above information page >>> >> >>> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> >>> >> >> -- >>> >> >> http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support >>> >> >> FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html >>> >> >> Unsubscribe: See the above information page >>> >> >> >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > -- >>> >> > Regards, >>> >> > s uthay >>> >> > >>> >> > -- >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> >>> >> The make install simply runs make install in each directory, the >>> testsuite doesn't have a install target...it is just stating it That is >>> perfectly normal >>> >> >>> >> Warnings can usually be ignored, unless you are working with the code >>> and want to resolve them >>> >> >>> >> Regards 'options in compilation' >>> >> for the moment follow the book exactly *do not* deviate from the >>> book, you will only get lost. >>> >> >>> >> When you come across something that reads >>> >> <EDITME<xxx>EDITME> >>> >> or the like, then you need to modify for your needs, e.g. timezone in >>> glibc, papersize in groff, but CEOs those bridges when you get to them :) >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support >>> >> FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html >>> >> Unsubscribe: See the above information page >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Regards, >>> > s uthay >>> > >>> >>> Ok, well the copy'n'paste you did doesn't detail any errors >>> >>> Do >>> make -j1 >>> >>> Why -j1 ? >>> If you set MAKEFLAGS="-j<n>" to take advantage of multiple cores the >>> error can be hidden higher up in the compiler spew,,, -j1 will make it >>> easier to read >>> >>> As binutils is the first package it may well be worth going back and >>> starting again, it will be something simple, probably a missing package on >>> your host system >>> >>> -- >>> http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support >>> FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html >>> Unsubscribe: See the above information page >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> s uthay >> >> -- >> http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support >> FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html >> Unsubscribe: See the above information page >> >> > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > -- Regards, s uthay
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