Ron Hartikka wrote: > I now think the copy-paste theory was wrong. > I should not have expected CC to be set after running the configure command > in 5.9.1. > I was unfamiliar with the idea of passing environment vars to a single > program on the command line. > I have used shells for a long time and not learned that till now. > So, that's why I'm here! > Thanks to all. > > My section 7.4 binutils section 5.9 has failed again after another full > repeat of chapter 5 done with care. > This time I noticed the warning in 5.7 glibc-2.18 said that autoconf was > missing (along with the expected msgfmt). > Will I need autoconf for 7.4 binutils section 5.9?
No. That is not needed. After you change to user lfs in the command: su - lfs, what it the result from: $ set Also, did you delete both the binutils directory and the binutils-build directory before reextracting and running the commands in Section 5.9 as described in Section 5.3? -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page