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Re: NewB: building binutils-cvs
Russell Shaw <rjshaw@netspace.net.au> writes:
> I tried the top level src/configure last time, but thought it hung
> at "creating Makefile". I left it for half a minute or more this
> time, and it completed. It was spending 50% cpu time running sed.
It does take a while. Since people do often run this by hand, a
progress meter might be useful.
> I want to build:
>
> src/binutils/configure --prefix=/usr/local/avr --program-prefix=avr-
> --disable-nls --target=avr
>
> However, src/configure --help doesn't show a --disable-nls option. Will
> it get passed to the binutils build phase, or should i build the tools
> separately?
Yes, the --disable-nls option will be passed to all the subconfigures.
Ian