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[Douglas J Hunley]

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Jerry McBride spewed electrons into the ether that resembled:
> Hey Doug...
>
> I've grabbed the binutils source and notes from your website and I've got
> a question to ask
> about them... Why in the notes do you say to "install twice" and why the
> need for the links?
>
> Thank you, in advance.
>
> PS... Have you had the chance to play with the combreloc switch?


the combreloc switch only works with gcc 3.x, correct? I'm on 2.95.3 still.

also, I install it twice so that it gets the benefit of being compiled and 
liked under the latest version. when compiling gcc, it compiles itself at 
least twice so that the result takes advantage of any improvements in the 
compiler. binutils don't do this, so I do it by hand. it means blowing away 
the tree and going through the whole process twice, but.. what the hell, 
right?

the links are *IIRC* for certain broken/ported apps that don't look in the 
correct places for the linker and assorted utils. the links make sure they 
get the newest version you just installed. I stoll that bit from LFS.
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