Re: Can't run "install-strip" in binutils 2.18 ... ?

[Nick Clifton]

Hi Paul,

> Sorry, I wasn't explicit enough.  When I say "cross-compile binutils", I
> mean exactly that: I'm building binutils with a cross-compiler, so that
> the resulting executable will run on a different architecture.

Ah OK, I understand now.

> But, when I look at the binutils/Makefile, I see that the STRIP variable
> is simply set to "strip", not the cross-compiler version of "strip".  So
> if I invoke "make install-strip" directly from within the binutils
> subdirectory rather than from the top level, the cross-compiler version
> of STRIP is not set and it tries to use "strip" instead... which fails.

Understood.  How about adding the definition of the STRIP environment 
variable to the make command line ?  ie:

  % cd <builddir>/binutils
  % make STRIP=powerpc-linux-gnu-strip install-strip

Cheers
  Nick