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I am working on Linux from Scratch and currently, I am on this page. While compiling binutils-2.32, I am getting this error:

lfs@pop-os:/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-2.32/build$ ../configure --prefix=/tools            \
>              --with-sysroot=$LFS        \
>              --with-lib-path=/tools/lib \
>              --target=$LFS_TGT          \
>              --disable-nls              \
>              --disable-werror
../configure: line 1345: cd: /mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-2.32/build: Not a directory
configure: error: working directory cannot be determined
lfs@pop-os:/mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-2.32/build$

As you can see from the prompt, build is a directory. Still, it shows the error that it is not a directory. I tried to understand the code at line 1345 of configure file but unable to understand. What mistake I did in this process?

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    Posted as text. Commented Jun 12, 2019 at 18:15
  • Did you do anything between the cd build step and the configure step? What if you do cd . and then run configure again? Commented Jun 12, 2019 at 18:23
  • Looks like the build directory has been deleted since you entered it. Commented Jun 12, 2019 at 19:43
  • What OS and shell are you using? Commented Jun 12, 2019 at 20:51
  • @jordanm : build directory is still there. Commented Jun 13, 2019 at 3:00

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I think you have a permissions problem. Most likely somewhere in the path /mnt/lfs/sources/binutils-2.32/build, there is directory which lacks x permission for the user you are using. (It might also lack r permission; it should have both.) This is usually the result of creating as directory as root.

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  • Yes, user lacked permission on the lfs folder. Rectified it, now its working. Commented Jun 13, 2019 at 20:11

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