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Last change on this file since bdc79fd was bdc79fd, checked in by Jim Gifford <clfs@…>, 19 years ago

r858@server (orig r856): jim | 2005-12-06 16:11:45 -0800

r988@server: jim | 2005-12-06 16:11:30 -0800
Forgot to change the user information in cross-tools change


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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-final-preps-creatingcrossdir">
9 <?dbhtml filename="creatingcrossdir.html"?>
10
11 <title>Creating the $LFS/cross-tools Directory</title>
12
13 <para>All programs compiled in <xref linkend="chapter-cross-tools"/> will
14 be installed under <filename class="directory">$LFS/cross-tools</filename>
15 to keep them separate from the host programs. The programs compiled here are
16 cross tools and will not be a part of the final LFS system. By keeping these
17 programs in a separate directory, they can easily be discarded later after
18 their use.</para>
19
20 <para>Create the required directory by running the following as
21 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para>
22
23<screen><userinput>install -d $LFS/cross-tools</userinput></screen>
24
25 <para>The next step is to create a <filename
26 class="symlink">/cross-tools</filename> symlink on the host system.
27 This will point to the newly-created directory in your home directory.
28 Since normal users will not have permissions to write to the root tree,
29 we need to exit the <command>su</command> and run the symlink command as
30 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para>
31
32<screen><userinput>ln -s $LFS/cross-tools /</userinput></screen>
33
34 <para>The created symlink enables the toolchain to be compiled so that
35 it always refers to <filename class="directory">/cross-tools</filename>,
36 meaning that the compiler, assembler, and linker will be avaialble for
37 use later if some unforseen circumstances happen.</para>
38
39</sect1>
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