From: Nick Clifton Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 16:37:13 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add paragraph about using --disable-nls X-Git-Tag: binutils-2_14-branchpoint~726 X-Git-Url: http://review.tizen.org/git/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a99996bbb4ebbe839c35004467ed89c43c82a5bd;p=external%2Fbinutils.git Add paragraph about using --disable-nls --- diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog index e612214..4445f88 100644 --- a/binutils/ChangeLog +++ b/binutils/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2003-02-24 Nick Clifton + + * README: Update binutils references to 2.13. + Add paragraph about using --disable-nls. + 2003-02-24 Elias Athanasopoulos * doc/binutils.texi (nm --size-sort): Update. diff --git a/binutils/README b/binutils/README index 355323d..936f25f 100644 --- a/binutils/README +++ b/binutils/README @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Unpacking and Installation -- quick overview When you unpack the binutils archive file, you will get a directory called something like `binutils-XXX', where XXX is the number of the -release. (Probably 2.12 or higher). This directory contains +release. (Probably 2.13 or higher). This directory contains various files and sub-directories. Most of the files in the top directory are for information and for configuration. The actual source code is in sub-directories. @@ -83,6 +83,18 @@ To build under openVMS/AXP, see the file makefile.vms in the top level directory. +Native Language Support +======================= + +By default Native Language Support will be enabled for binutils. On +some systems however this support is not present and can lead to error +messages such as "undefined reference to `libintl_gettext'" when +building there tools. If that happens the NLS support can be disabled +by adding the --disable-nls switch to the configure line like this: + + ../binutils-XXX/configure --disable-nls + + If you don't have ar ==================== @@ -110,7 +122,7 @@ the ranlib program in order to build the distribution. Porting ======= -Binutils-2.12 supports many different architectures, but there +Binutils-2.13 supports many different architectures, but there are many more not supported, including some that were supported by earlier versions. We are hoping for volunteers to improve this situation.