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| author | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-04-16 15:04:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-04-16 15:04:24 +0000 |
| commit | 8710bebc62b30794038283392d68bd14e60b9ba3 (patch) | |
| tree | 3767dc9dbba922b7efb7f091f58fdad13d1d3016 /chapter01/how.xml | |
| parent | 7b04736f195c48243d2923def0e4b88b1920d374 (diff) | |
* Remove comments regarding statically linking the pass 1 toolchain
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diff --git a/chapter01/how.xml b/chapter01/how.xml index b2390fb48..2654ce7d3 100644 --- a/chapter01/how.xml +++ b/chapter01/how.xml @@ -37,22 +37,18 @@ to compile a compiler, you need a compiler.</para> <para><xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> also shows the user how to build a first pass of the toolchain, including Binutils and GCC (first pass basically means these two core packages will be -re-installed a second time). The programs from these packages will be -linked statically in order to be used independently of the host -system. The next step is to build Glibc, the C library. Glibc will be -compiled by the toolchain programs built in the first pass. Then, a -second pass of the toolchain will be built. This time, the toolchain -will be dynamically linked against the newly built Glibc. The -remaining <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> packages are built -using this second pass toolchain. When this is done, the LFS -installation process will no longer depend on the host distribution, -with the exception of the running kernel.</para> +re-installed a second time). The next step is to build Glibc, the C library. +Glibc will be compiled by the toolchain programs built in the first pass. Then, +a second pass of the toolchain will be built. This time, the toolchain will be +dynamically linked against the newly built Glibc. The remaining +<xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> packages are built using this second +pass toolchain. When this is done, the LFS installation process will no longer +depend on the host distribution, with the exception of the running kernel. +</para> <para>While this may initially seem like a lot of work to get away from a host distribution, a full technical explanation is provided at -the beginning of <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>, -including notes on the differences between -statically and dynamically-linked programs.</para> +the beginning of <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>.</para> <para>In <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>, the full LFS system is built. The chroot (change root) program is used to enter a virtual |