Binutils-2.14 - Pass 2
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## Binutils-2.14 - Pass 2

    Approximate build time:  1.5 SBU
    Required disk space:     108 MB

### Re-installation of Binutils

Create a separate build directory again:

    mkdir ../binutils-build
    cd ../binutils-build

Now prepare Binutils for compilation:

    ../binutils-2.14/configure --prefix=/tools \
        --enable-shared --with-lib-path=/tools/lib

The meaning of the new configure option:

- `--with-lib-path=/tools/lib`: This tells the configure script to specify the library search path during the compilation of Binutils, resulting in /tools/lib to be passed to the linker. This prevents the linker from searching through library directories on the host.

Before starting to build Binutils, remember to unset any environment variables that override the default optimization flags.

Compile the package:

    make

Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, we don't recommend running the test suites for the temporary tools here in this chapter. If nevertheless you want to run the Binutils test suite, the following command will do so:

    make check

There should be no unexpected failures here, expected failures are fine. Unfortunately, there is no easy way to view the test results summary like there was for the GCC package. However, if a failure occurs here, it should be easy to spot. The output shown will contain something like:

>     make[1]: *** [check-binutils] Error 2

And install the package:

    make install

Now prepare the linker for the "Re-adjusting" phase in the next chapter:

    make -C ld clean
    make -C ld LIB_PATH=/usr/lib:/lib

| Warning
Do not yet remove the Binutils source and build directories. You will need these directories again in the next chapter in the state they are in now.

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The details on this package are found in the section called “Contents of Binutils”.

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