Hi,

I need some help to avoid screwing up, chapter five states:

The Binutils documentation recommends building Binutils in a dedicated build directory:

mkdir -v build
cd build

But i have no clue on where to build that directory. Should the build directory be inside the source directory , or should it be in the tools directory , or just somewhere on the $LFS partition, or on the host? I have no clue. I assume not in the tools directory , cause it's a temporary dir that will be deleted afterwards.
The book does not mention where to make te "build" directory, and i cannot find it in faq's nor mailing lists so please help me out here

so well i wanna know where to run the mkdir- v build? Thanks

Hi the lfs book states untar package cd into untarred dir. follow book directions.
Reread ch 5.3 last important

so i did read 5.3 over and over again and it does not mention where to make a build folder for binutils. It's just not there.

If i am wrong , please link me to the place in the book 8.3 where it say's where to put the build folder for binutils. thanks

the instructions are generic, untar cd dir follow book.

ok so i shoul ignore 5.4 that says :

mkdir -v build
cd build

?

NO

untar binutils cd binutils-2.32.1 mkdir -v build
cd build

Simple
untar cd dir follow what book sayes to do....

Are you sure you are ready to do this????

thank you,

yes i am sure i am ready to to this.
English is not my native language. ok so "mkdir build" in the unpacked binutils dir. ok got it. thanks a lot.
I did read some articles that state that is not even nessesary to use a seperate build dir for binutils. but since in wanna follow the book, hence my question . Now i understand 5.3 in relation to what has to come

Thanks you very much

Before the specific builds in chapter 5, there is a general section on builds. It's called (surprise, surprise!) General Compilation Instructions. Read it carefully. It explains that all builds start with the same set of operations which are listed in the second of the two boxes labelled "Important!".

All specific build sections start by assuming that you have carried out these initial steps: i.e. you have untarred the package and cd'd to the resultant directory. Only then should you carry out the specific build operations for the package.

This will ensure that any extra directories you are told to create will go into the correct locations.

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Ok, thank you everyone for repleying.
Ik could not see that de "general compilation instructions " and sections labled as importandd could be interpreted as beëing "initial steps" ( due to my english that is not context sensitive enough ), that is why i was confused.
thank you all for the clarification. I understand perfect now.

many thanks