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authorAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2004-02-25 22:04:14 +0000
committerAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2004-02-25 22:04:14 +0000
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+++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass2.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
&aa-binutils-down;
&aa-binutils-dep;
-
<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
<sect2>
@@ -28,9 +27,10 @@ cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><userinput>--with-lib-path=/tools/lib</userinput>: This tells
-the configure script to specify the default library search path. We don't want
-the library search path to contain library directories from the host
-system.</para></listitem>
+the configure script to specify the library search path during the compilation
+of Binutils, resulting in <emphasis>/tools/lib</emphasis> to be passed to the
+linker. This prevents the linker from searching through library directories on
+the host.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Before starting to build Binutils, remember to unset any environment
@@ -41,16 +41,16 @@ variables that override the default optimization flags.</para>
<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
<para>Compilation is now complete. As discussed earlier, we don't recommend
-running the test suites for the temporary tools here in this chapter. If you
-still want to run the Binutils test suite anyway, the following command will
-do so:</para>
+running the test suites for the temporary tools here in this chapter. If
+nevertheless you want to run the Binutils test suite, the following command
+will do so:</para>
<screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen>
<para>There should be no unexpected failures here, expected failures are fine.
-Unfortunately, there is no easy way to view the test results summary like
-there was for the previous GCC package. However, if a failure occurs here, it
-should be easy to spot. The output shown will contain something like:</para>
+Unfortunately, there is no easy way to view the test results summary like there
+was for the GCC package. However, if a failure occurs here, it should be easy
+to spot. The output shown will contain something like:</para>
<blockquote><screen>make[1]: *** [check-binutils] Error 2</screen></blockquote>