From b2e37958d4e85b496579bd75d3319cca6989adb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joel Sherrill Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 19:16:49 +0000 Subject: 2001-06-28 Joel Sherrill * buildc.t, gdb.t: Per PR54, updated to reflect multiple compression schemes including bzip2. --- doc/started/buildc.t | 16 +++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/started/buildc.t') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3