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authorJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>2002-03-20 18:24:51 +0000
committerJoel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>2002-03-20 18:24:51 +0000
commit3e0c94f0a31475290452e34dcf17b283515241e4 (patch)
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parent2002-03-20 Greg Menke <gregory.menke@gsfc.nasa.gov> (diff)
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2002-03-20 Chris Johns <ccj@acm.org>
* PR137 * buildc.t: Now provides more explicit requirements on $PATH after building binutils.
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@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2002-03-20 Chris Johns <ccj@acm.org>
+
+ * PR137
+ * buildc.t: Now provides more explicit requirements on $PATH
+ after building binutils.
+
2002-01-18 Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de>
* Makefile.am: Include main.am, require automake-1.5.
diff --git a/doc/started/buildc.t b/doc/started/buildc.t
index 3e714e77e5..3bccc79e83 100644
--- a/doc/started/buildc.t
+++ b/doc/started/buildc.t
@@ -477,6 +477,21 @@ refer to the documentation for @value{BINUTILS-UNTAR} or
invoke the @value{BINUTILS-UNTAR} @code{configure} command with the
@code{--help} option.
+NOTE: The shell PATH variable needs to be updated to include the path
+the binutils has been installed in. This the prefix used above with
+@file{bin} post-fixed.
+
+@example
+export PATH=$PATH:/opt/rtems/bin
+@end example
+
+Failure to have the binutils in the path will cause the GCC and NEWLIB
+build to fail with an error message similar to:
+
+@example
+sparc-rtems-ar: command not found
+@end example
+
@c
@c Configuring and Building GCC and NEWLIB
@c