[Clfs-support] some strange errors: ld --help gives errors

[Joe Ciccone]

Stef Bon wrote:
>
> So basically, you're saying start all over again! Or only gcc and
> binutils (chapters 8.14 and 8.15)?
>
Yes. You can optionally rebuild /cross-tools and /tools from your host
system. Then recompile binutils in your final system. Basically just
satisfying the /tools/lib/ld.so dependency to run the ld in your final
system.
> Well, ok.
> But the specs of gcc, with gcc -dumpspecs, shows nothing of /tools or
> /cross/tools, the ld-2.5.1.so is located at /lib, and the
> startfile_prefix_spec is/are empty.
>
yea, as expected. The compiler you built in chapter 10 is correct, which
is why every package built after it is fine. It's the packages built
before that that will have a problem. And in the case of the build in
the book. That's just binutils. When the toolchain adjustment is done in
chapter 10, the compiler in /tools is told to link to /lib/ld-linux.so.2
instead.
> So how come?? Ok, I, already see, it's build again in 8.15. That
> explains it.
>
See explanation above. I don't know why you're looking in chapter 8 for
an answer. You wont find it by looking at any of that. Jump 2 forward to 10.
> Futher I would like to know is there still some interest in automating
> the build. I'm thinking of a system which uses something like pkgtool
> and another tool to download the instructions (and packages) from the
> clfs website. User has choice to build manually or getting and
> following the instructions from the book, and letting the tool do
> pieces of the book without userinvention.
Not interested in supporting regular users using automation. Use gentoo.

Easiest option, restart from scratch.