[lfs-dev] /tools/$(uname -m)-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld

[Ken Moffat]

On Thu, Feb 04, 2016 at 11:14:27PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> Ken Moffat wrote:
> >I'm just looking at revision 11000.  As part of that, in Adjusting
> >the Toolchain in chapter 6 there is the following diff :
> >
> >Index: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/adjusting.xml
> >===================================================================
> >--- a/trunk/BOOK/chapter06/adjusting.xml
> >+++ b/trunk/BOOK/chapter06/adjusting.xml
> >@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
> >    <para>First, backup the <filename
> >class="directory">/tools</filename> linker,
> >    and replace it with the adjusted linker we made in chapter 5.
> >We'll also create
> >-  a link to its counterpart in <filename
> >    class="directory">/tools/$(gcc
> >-  -dumpmachine)/bin</filename>:</para>
> >+  a link to its counterpart in
> >+  <filename class="directory">/tools/$(uname
> >-m)-pc-linux-gnu/bin</filename>:</para>
> >
> >  <screen><userinput>mv -v /tools/bin/{ld,ld-old}
> >-mv -v /tools/$(gcc -dumpmachine)/bin/{ld,ld-old}
> >+mv -v /tools/$(uname -m)-pc-linux-gnu/bin/{ld,ld-old}
> >  mv -v /tools/bin/{ld-new,ld}
> >-ln -sv /tools/bin/ld /tools/$(gcc
> >-dumpmachine)/bin/ld</userinput></screen>
> >+ln -sv /tools/bin/ld /tools/$(uname
> >-m)-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld</userinput></screen>
> >
> >    <para>Next, amend the GCC specs file so that it points to the new
> >
> >I think this was only tested on 32-bit ?  My last x86_64 build in
> >November continued to use /tools/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/.
> 
> binutils-2.26 now uses x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.  It is a change in the latest
> release.
> 
>   -- Bruce

OK, in that case for changing it - but what a horrible upstream
change!

ĸen
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