Hi folks,

LFS 6.1
FC3 Host

Continued on
5.3. Binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2 - Pass 1
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/...ils-pass1.html

Fresh starting PC
[satimis@localhost ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# export LFS=/mnt/lfs
[root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/hda6 $LFS
[root@localhost ~]# echo $LFS
/mnt/lfs
[root@localhost ~]# chown lfs $LFS/tools
[root@localhost ~]# chown lfs $LFS/sources
[root@localhost ~]# su - lfs
lfs:~$ mkdir ../binutils-build
mkdir: cannot create directory `../binutils-build': Permission denied

Here I was not allowed to proceed further because as 'user' of LFS. If ran either "su" or "su -" it only worked with the root password of FC3 Host and login as root of FC3 Host.

I tried follows;

[root@localhost ~]# cd /mnt/lfs/sources/
after extracting the relevant tarball
[root@localhost sources]# mkdir ../binutils-build
[root@localhost sources]# cd ../binutils-build
[root@localhost binutils-build]# ../binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nls
-bash: ../binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2/configure: No such file ordirectory
[root@localhost binutils-build]#

However "/binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2/configure" was there. What will be the correct syntax? OR how to login as root of LFS

TIA

B.R.
satimis

Well, it was meant to be run in the extracted binutils folder.

[lfs@localhost ~]# cd /mnt/lfs/sources
[lfs@localhost sources]# tar xvjf binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2.tar.bz2
[lfs@localhost sources]# cd binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2
[lfs@localhost binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2]# mkdir ../binutils-build
[lfs@localhost binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2]# cd ../binutils-build
[lfs@localhost binutils-build]# ../binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nls

Hi kjordan,

That were the steps I made on LFS 6.0

On LFS 6.1 I did following steps according to its book;B.R.
satimis

Every set of instructions in LFS assumes you have untarred the source and have changed directories into the source directory. So the "mkdir ../binutils-build" should be executed from the binutils-2.15.w.x.y.z directory.

Hi,

the correct order for the commands should be the following:

[after su - lfs]

cd $LFS/sources
tar xjf binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2.tar.bz2 (no need for the v except in the case you want the command to be executed with verbosity, that's... text output for every file extracted from the tarball)
cd binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2
mkdir ../binutils-build
cd ../binutils-build

and from this step you can perform the configure step as you're in the correct location and you will find the configure script with no problem

hope this helps,

Julio

Hi ParticleHunter,

Tks for your advice.

Performed following test;

[satimis@localhost ~]$ su -
Password:
[root@localhost ~]# export LFS=/mnt/lfs
[root@localhost ~]# mount /dev/hda6 $LFS
[root@localhost ~]# echo $LFS
/mnt/lfs
[root@localhost ~]# chown lfs $LFS/tools
[root@localhost ~]# chown lfs $LFS/sources
[root@localhost ~]# su - lfs
lfs:~$
(here it changed back to 'user')

Continued
lfs:~$ cd $LFS/sources
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources$ tar xjf binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2.tar.bz2
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources$ mkdir ../binutils-build
mkdir: cannot create directory `../binutils-build': Permission denied
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources$

As user I was not allowed to create direcftory on /sources

Continued, "su -"
Remark: LFS root password did not work. It worked here only with FC3 Host password.

lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources$ su -
Password: (LFS password)
su: incorrect password
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources$ su -
Password: (FC3 Host password)
[root@localhost ~]# mkdir ../binutils-build
[root@localhost ~]# cd ../binutils-build/
[root@localhost binutils-build]# ../binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nls
-bash: ../binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2/configure: No such file or directory

I came back to the same situation.

B.R.
satimis

lfs:~$ cd $LFS/sources
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources$ tar xjf binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2.tar.bz2
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources$ mkdir ../binutils-build
mkdir: cannot create directory `../binutils-build': Permission denied
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources$

There you are in sources, when you should cd into the untarred binutils directory. Or just do "mkdir binutils-build" from /mnt/lfs/sources and "cd binutils-build".

[root@localhost ~]# mkdir ../binutils-build
[root@localhost ~]# cd ../binutils-build/
[root@localhost binutils-build]# ../binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nls
-bash: ../binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2/configure: No such file or directory

You were in your root users home directory when you did that, so you're still in the wrong place.

Hi kjordan,

Your advice works here. Tks,

Steps performed as follows;

[root@localhost ~]# su - lfs
lfs:~$ cd $LFS/sources
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources$ mkdir binutils-build
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources$ cd binutils-build/
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build$ ../binutils-2.15.94.0.2.2/configure --prefix=/tools --disable-nlslfs:/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build$ make
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build$ make install
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build$ make -C ld clean
lfs:/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-build$ make -C ld LIB_PATH=/tools/lib

All went through

The book in the section is not all correct
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/...ils-pass1.html

B.R.
satimis

It's correct, just not complete in the explanation. I don't remember if it says it somewhere, but each section assumes you have done a "tar xjf source-version.tar.bz2" and "cd source-version".

Hi kjordan,

Tks for your advice.

Yes, I learnt it on building LFS 6.0. But I failed to discover where it has been mentioned.

I don't know why the book suggesting to run;
It goes to the Root environment of FC3, the Host not LFS. I'll keep it in mind. On the sebsequent sections if the book suggests to run;I'll runinstead.

B.R.
satimis

Hi,

yes, instead of entering directly the source directory and making the build directory it's also effective, I suppose the practice of entering the source, leaving it to enter the build directory and then configuring and compiling the package is, in a certain way, intented for you not to forget to do the practice of unpacking-and-entering-the-source-dir

Julio