Hi,
I'm looking at binutils in chapter six, and how we are copying libiberty.h to its final location. For the record, I've been working with binutils-2.19.1. The configure option --enable-install-libiberty should "Install headers for end users," unfortunately, I can't get it to work (well, see below.) GCC also ships with libiberty and --enable-install-libiberty works as I'd expect (IE. header files get installed.) Previous discussion on this mailing list indicates that binutils has historically distributed a newer version, and that its version is the preferred choice. I list GCC as an example to show that there are other packages that distribute libiberty, and that they are configurable in such a way that the headers get installed. Perhaps it may be appropriate to report upstream that --enable-install-libiberty has no effect? After looking at libiberty I wonder which header files should be installed. The list of header files can be generated the following ways. With gcc: configure with --enable-install-libiberty With binutils: configure --with-target-subdir=anything --enable-install-libiberty The header files are as follows (installed in /usr/include/libiberty): ansidecl.h (gets duplicated) demangle.h dyn-string.h fibheap.h floatformat.h hashtab.h libiberty.h objalloc.h partition.h safe-ctype.h sort.h splay-tree.h My opinion is that all of the header files should be installed, as if the configure option worked. Unfortunately, I don't see an elegant way around the cp command. I'm still in the early stages of researching this, but I'd appreciate any input; mainly, whether or not installing all of the archive's header files should be considered. Regards, Trent. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
