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diff --git a/doc/started/buildc.t b/doc/started/buildc.t index 3bccc79e83..e2123fbae9 100644 --- a/doc/started/buildc.t +++ b/doc/started/buildc.t @@ -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 |