I was so excited (I am an exciteable guy after all). I compiled successfully to the first binutils pass 2 when it barfedin compile. so after some websearch I determined I should start again. as I was looking at binutils pass 1 I read something again and understood it. "If building on x86_64, create a symlink to ensure the sanity of the toolchain: case $(uname -m) in x86_64) mkdir -v /tools/lib && ln -sv lib /tools/lib64 ;; esac" At first I understood it as "IF you are building a 64 bit system..." But what it says is "If you are building on a 64 bit system...." :-)~MIKE~(-: On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 6:11 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > well..... I just realized that there must be a reason that the glibc line > was commented out in the LFS book so I'm not going to worry about it. > regarding your line I did enter it and it returned nothing. then I re-read > the the text concerning that and it finally dawned on me..... I want all of > them or none of them and if I only had 1 or two of them it is okay to > delete the ones that are there. I get there.... even if it does take me a > little longer. I wish this wasn't the case but at least I can blame the > head injury for the difficulties. I'll start working on it when I get home > from work tonight. > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 5:27 AM, wrote: > >> Michael, have you even looked at what is in line 32 of your >> version-check.sh? >> Among other things, because 'glibc' is more than a program (it is more >> like the whole engine running under the hood), and your system would not >> even boot up is you don't have 'glibc' (which is a whole lot system) >> You'll learn that as you read LFS. >> Did you ever try: >> find /lib/ /*/lib/ -name lib${X}.la >> ET >> >> Michael Havens writes: >> >>> well, I didn't have a problem getting these files with a standard >>> installation of debian; it was only after I tried with a net install of >>> debia. So right now I'm downloading a current dvd iso of debian and after >>> the install I'll see if that helps. >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Michael Havens >>> wrote: >>> >>>> well I installed gmp the way it instructed and then I did a search for >>>> mpfr on the same website and installed it as well, but couldn't find >>>> gibc >>>> or mpc. I was going to do a search for the missing files but figured I >>>> would run version-check first to ensure I wasn't just spinning my >>>> wheels. >>>> It appears the two files were not installed correctly enough for LInux >>>> from >>>> Scratch. >>>> gmp >>>> >>>> ~$ bash version-check.sh >>>> ---truncate--- >>>> version-check.sh: line 32: glibc: command not found >>>> g++ compilation OK >>>> libgmp.la: found >>>> libmpfr.la: found >>>> libmpc.la: not found >>>> >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:25 AM, Stephen Partington < >>>> cryptworks@gmail.com >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> this is what it is after: >>>>> GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library >>>>> The GNU Multiple Precision Arithmetic Library is a free library for >>>>> arbitrary-precision arithmetic, operating on signed integers, rational >>>>> numbers, and floating point numbers. >>>>> http://petio.org/tools/gmp.html has some nice refrence material as >>>>> well. >>>>> *Snip* >>>>> -- >>>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from >>>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. >>>>> Stephen >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > >