remove the gcc-build, binutils-build, etc after make

@d4M · 01-24-2009, 06:55 AM

can i remove the gcc-build, binutils-build directories,etc after i enter the make command?

colucix · 01-24-2009, 07:04 AM

I don't really know this specific task for LFS, but on a running system it is a good practice to uninstall the build tools after their usage. It is a security measure to prevent intruders to compile their own hacked code using the native architecture of the target system.

druuna · 01-24-2009, 07:11 AM

Hi,

If the LFS book doesn't mention otherwise, you can (must!) remove the compile/build directories after your are finished with them.
This is stated in the LFS book: 5.3. General Compilation Instructions.........

Please read all the documentation before you start, otherwise you will end up with a system that doesn't work and you also will not know what you just did.

@d4M · 01-25-2009, 07:00 AM

thank you all....

jaydoc · 01-25-2009, 06:41 PM

Hi....

WHEN should I delete these build directories...?

As soon as the whole compile - make- install process for each is over, or only at the end of following all instructions under chapter 5...?

druuna · 01-26-2009, 03:05 AM

Hi,

@jaydoc: Read the rest of the thread before you add a (related) question. Maybe the part about reading chapter 5.3 could be of interest to you....

jaydoc · 01-26-2009, 04:29 AM

yeah... I was confused because some instructions in Chapter 6 were instructing about "original" make files in gcc, and I was afraid that they were referring to the make files that I had already deleted after the first pass.

I later realized I could do a fresh unzip and all went well, and I got to the install headers of Chapter 6, but there I ran into trouble.

Anyway, that is another story.