Update README file's installation instructions

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Nick Clifton 2023-09-29 11:23:25 +01:00
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These are the GNU binutils. These are utilities of use when dealing
with binary files, either object files or executables. These tools
consist of the linker (ld), the assembler (gas), and the profiler
(gprof) each of which have their own sub-directory named after them.
There is also a collection of other binary tools, including the
disassembler (objdump) in this directory. These tools make use of a
pair of libraries (bfd and opcodes) and a common set of header files
(include).
consist of the linkers (ld and gold), the assembler (gas), and the
profiler (gprof and gprofng) each of which have their own
sub-directory named after them. There is also a collection of other
binary tools, including the disassembler (objdump) in this directory.
These tools make use of a pair of libraries (bfd and opcodes) and a
common set of header files (include).
There are README and NEWS files in most of the program sub-directories
which give more information about those specific programs.
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This will configure and build all the libraries as well as the
assembler, the binutils, and the linker.
Note - if you have obtained the sources by checking out a copy from
the git repository then you will have both the binutils and GDB
sources in one place. In this case you may wish to add an option to
the configure command line to stop it from configuring GDB. This will
also stop the configure script from checking the libraries that are
needed by GDB, but not by the binutils.
./configure --disable-gdb
Since the configure script can be quite verbose, you may also
want to add the --quiet option to reduce the amount of output. ie:
./configure --quiet
If you have GNU make, we recommend building in a different directory:
mkdir objdir