From ee10cdeb41ab238ebdc9ae3d1b2a4dbbe930df9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Goulet Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:22:13 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify README about the GNU gold linker requirement Signed-off-by: David Goulet --- README | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index 0b857dbf6..4ef88cb88 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -53,20 +53,25 @@ compile the git repository tree : (make sure your system wide "automake" points to a recent version!) - GNU Libtool >=2.2 (for more information, go to http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/) -- GNU Gold >= 2.22 - (Before this version we hit a known bug documented at: - http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11317) - flex >= 2.5.35 - bison >= 2.4 +If you use GNU gold, which is NOT mandatory, make sure you have this version: +- GNU gold >= 2.22 +(Before this version we hit a known bug documented at: + http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11317) +Be advise that with GNU gold, you'll might have to specify -L/usr/local/lib in +LDFLAGS. + If you get the tree from the repository, you will need to use the "bootstrap" -script in the root of the tree. It calls all the GNU tools needed to prepare the -tree configuration. +script in the root of the tree. It calls all the GNU tools needed to prepare +the tree configuration. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS: - Download, compile and install the prerequisites. Then: + $ ./boostrap $ ./configure $ make $ sudo make install -- 2.34.1