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authorJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>2002-06-28 19:16:49 +0000
committerJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>2002-06-28 19:16:49 +0000
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parent2001-06-28 Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com> (diff)
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2001-06-28 Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
* buildc.t, gdb.t: Per PR54, updated to reflect multiple compression schemes including bzip2.
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@@ -119,17 +119,23 @@ using the procedures described in @ref{Using configure and make}
or @ref{Using the bit Script}. It is @b{NOT} required if using the procedure
described in @ref{Using RPM to Build BINUTILS GCC and NEWLIB}.
+GNU source distributions are archived using @code{tar} and
+compressed using either @code{gzip} or @code{bzip}.
+If compressed with @code{gzip}, the extension @code{.gz} is used.
+If compressed with @code{bzip}, the extension @code{.bz2} is used.
+
While in the @code{tools} directory, unpack the compressed
-tar files using the following command sequence:
+tar files for BINUTILS, GCC, and NEWLIB using the appropriate
+command based upon the compression program used.
@example
cd tools
-tar xzf ../archive/@value{GCC-TAR}
-tar xzf ../archive/@value{BINUTILS-TAR}
-tar xzf ../archive/@value{NEWLIB-TAR}
+tar xzf ../archive/TOOLNAME.tar.gz # for gzip'ed tools
+tar xIf ../archive/TOOLNAME.tar.bz2 # for bzip'ed tools
@end example
-After the compressed tar files have been unpacked, the following
+After the compressed tar files have been unpacked using
+the appropriate commands, the following
directories will have been created under tools.
@itemize @bullet