All programs compiled in Constructing a
Temporary System will be installed under ${CLFS}/tools
to keep them separate from the
programs compiled in Installing
Basic System Software. The programs compiled here are temporary
tools and will not be a part of the final CLFS system. By keeping
these programs in a separate directory, they can easily be discarded
later after their use. This also prevents these programs from ending
up in the host production directories (easy to do by accident in
Constructing a
Temporary System).
Create the required directory by running the following as
root
:
install -dv ${CLFS}/tools
The next step is to create a /tools
symlink on the host system. This will point to the newly-created
directory on the CLFS partition. Run this command as root
as well:
ln -sv ${CLFS}/tools /
The above command is correct. The ln command has a few syntactic
variations, so be sure to check info
coreutils ln and ln(1)
before reporting what you may think is an
error.
The created symlink enables the toolchain to be compiled so that it
always refers to /tools
, meaning that
the compiler, assembler, and linker will work. This will provide a
common place for our temporary tools system.