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diff --git a/binutils/README b/binutils/README index 5120503..82ebd5e 100644 --- a/binutils/README +++ b/binutils/README @@ -2,12 +2,12 @@ These are the GNU binutils. These are utilities of use when dealing with binary files, either object files or executables. These tools -consist of the linker (ld), the assembler (gas), and the profiler -(gprof) each of which have their own sub-directory named after them. -There is also a collection of other binary tools, including the -disassembler (objdump) in this directory. These tools make use of a -pair of libraries (bfd and opcodes) and a common set of header files -(include). +consist of the linkers (ld and gold), the assembler (gas), and the +profiler (gprof and gprofng) each of which have their own +sub-directory named after them. There is also a collection of other +binary tools, including the disassembler (objdump) in this directory. +These tools make use of a pair of libraries (bfd and opcodes) and a +common set of header files (include). There are README and NEWS files in most of the program sub-directories which give more information about those specific programs. @@ -44,6 +44,20 @@ You can just do: This will configure and build all the libraries as well as the assembler, the binutils, and the linker. +Note - if you have obtained the sources by checking out a copy from +the git repository then you will have both the binutils and GDB +sources in one place. In this case you may wish to add an option to +the configure command line to stop it from configuring GDB. This will +also stop the configure script from checking the libraries that are +needed by GDB, but not by the binutils. + + ./configure --disable-gdb + +Since the configure script can be quite verbose, you may also +want to add the --quiet option to reduce the amount of output. ie: + + ./configure --quiet + If you have GNU make, we recommend building in a different directory: mkdir objdir |