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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-final-preps-creatingcrossdir"> |
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="creatingcrossdir.html"?> |
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[9531391] | 11 | <title>Creating the $LFS/cross-tools Directory</title> |
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[bf8c11f] | 12 | |
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| 13 | <para>All programs compiled in <xref linkend="chapter-cross-tools"/> will |
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[9531391] | 14 | be installed under <filename class="directory">$LFS/cross-tools</filename> |
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[bf8c11f] | 15 | to keep them separate from the host programs. The programs compiled here are |
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| 16 | cross tools and will not be a part of the final LFS system. By keeping these |
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| 17 | programs in a separate directory, they can easily be discarded later after |
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| 18 | their use.</para> |
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| 19 | |
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| 20 | <para>Create the required directory by running the following as |
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[bdc79fd] | 21 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para> |
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[bf8c11f] | 22 | |
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[987edf2b] | 23 | <screen><userinput>install -dv $LFS/cross-tools</userinput></screen> |
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[bf8c11f] | 24 | |
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| 25 | <para>The next step is to create a <filename |
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| 26 | class="symlink">/cross-tools</filename> symlink on the host system. |
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[ed3e5d8] | 27 | This will point to the newly-created directory on the LFS partition. |
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| 28 | Run this command as <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> as well:</para> |
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[bf8c11f] | 29 | |
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[987edf2b] | 30 | <screen><userinput>ln -sv $LFS/cross-tools /</userinput></screen> |
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[bf8c11f] | 31 | |
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[9531391] | 32 | <para>The created symlink enables the toolchain to be compiled so that |
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[bf8c11f] | 33 | it always refers to <filename class="directory">/cross-tools</filename>, |
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[ed3e5d8] | 34 | meaning that the compiler, assembler, and linker will be available for |
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[9531391] | 35 | use later if some unforseen circumstances happen.</para> |
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| 37 | </sect1> |
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