On 11/7/07, Clyde Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm attempting LFS 6.3 using the LFS Live 6.3 CD. > At the end of 5.4 GCC-4.1.2 - Pass 1 > I am to create a symlink. > "ln -vs gcc /tools/bin/cc" > > The context puzzles me. > I have been burned before by not reading the "! Important" parts in 5.1 > So I pay attention to those now. > So it says "After installing each package, delete its source and build > directories..." > > The way I figure, near the end of 5.4, I'm in $LFS/sources/gcc-build . > Then I create a symlink, > and dutifully step out of gcc-build, > and nuke both gcc-build and gcc-4.1.2 directories from orbit, > taking the symlink with it. > > So, what I'm I missing or not understanding here? > > Should I be deleting the source and build directories first, > and then creating the symlink in $LFS/sources ?
Read `man ln' carefully. The ln syntax seems odd, but I assure you that it works correctly in the LFS book. What that command says is that you are making a link at /tools/bin/cc. That link targets "gcc". Since "gcc" is not an absolute path, it is taken relative to the directory of the link, /tools/bin. So, you just made a link /tools/bin/cc -> /tools/bin/gcc, but without the absolute path to gcc. That way, cc always points to the gcc in the same directory, so you could move /tools/bin to /foo/bar and the link would still be valid. -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
