This chapter shows how to cross-compile basic utilities using the just built cross-toolchain. Those utilities are installed into their final location, but cannot be used yet. Basic tasks still rely on the host's tools. Nevertheless, the installed libraries are used when linking.
Using the utilities will be possible in next chapter after entering the “chroot” environment. But all the packages built in the present chapter need to be built before we do that. Therefore we cannot be independent of the host system yet.
Once again, let us recall that improper setting of LFS together with building as root, may render your
computer unusable. This whole chapter must be done as user
lfs, with the environment as
described in Section 4.4,
“Setting Up the Environment”.