Re: GCC & DESTDIR

2009-02-12 Thread DJ Lucas
Jack Stone wrote: > Agathoklis D. Hatzimanikas wrote: >> I've never tried to use DESTDIR in LFS. Diy Linux is using this technique >> for years by the way. You might want to look on the reference build: >> >> http://www.diy-linux.org/ >> > > Thanks for the reminder. > > I had a quick look a

Re: Binutils compilation: mkdir: cannot create directory `/tools': Permission denied

2009-02-12 Thread Randy McMurchy
jaredp wrote these words on 02/12/09 15:39 CST: > Thanks Randy and Ag. > > Randy, I understand the patience thing. I know how it is to field > questions like this. > > I thought I was diligently following the book, but the answer must be > that something was missed section 4.2. > > If I need t

Re: Binutils compilation: mkdir: cannot create directory `/tools': Permission denied

2009-02-12 Thread jaredp
> Have you created the symbolic link to /tools? See more in: > 4.2. Creating the $LFS/tools Directory > > And please, top posting is against the netiquette, read more in: > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/#netiquette > Also try to trim your replies. > > Regards, > Ag. Thanks Randy and Ag. Ra

Re: Binutils compilation: mkdir: cannot create directory `/tools': Permission denied

2009-02-12 Thread Agathoklis D. Hatzimanikas
On Thu, Feb 12, at 01:58 jaredp wrote: > > make[1]: Entering directory `/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build' > /bin/bash ../binutils-2.18/mkinstalldirs /tools /tools > mkdir -p -- /tools /tools > mkdir: cannot create directory `/tools': Permission denied > mkdir: cannot create directory `/tools': Perm

Re: Binutils compilation: mkdir: cannot create directory `/tools': Permission denied

2009-02-12 Thread Randy McMurchy
jaredp wrote these words on 02/12/09 14:58 CST: > I appreciate the feedback. > > I didn't mess up the first package. The book never distinctly says to > cd into ../binutils-2.18 and run configure > It's not even implicitly stated. Nobody said it should, I know I didn't and I know the book doesn'

Re: Binutils compilation: mkdir: cannot create directory `/tools': Permission denied

2009-02-12 Thread jaredp
I appreciate the feedback. I didn't mess up the first package. The book never distinctly says to cd into ../binutils-2.18 and run configure It's not even implicitly stated. I see now that I did run ./configure during the command CC="gcc -B/usr/bin/" ../binutils-2.18/configure \ --prefix=/tools -

Re: Binutils compilation: mkdir: cannot create directory `/tools': Permission denied

2009-02-12 Thread Randy McMurchy
jaredp wrote these words on 02/12/09 13:48 CST: > Received a permission error while following the Binutils compilation from ch5: > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/6.4/chapter05/binutils-pass1.html > > The problem seems similar to the thread > http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-

Binutils compilation: mkdir: cannot create directory `/tools': Permission denied

2009-02-12 Thread jaredp
Received a permission error while following the Binutils compilation from ch5: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/6.4/chapter05/binutils-pass1.html The problem seems similar to the thread http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/pipermail/lfs-support/2005-June/027472.html What differed from the book