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authorAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-08-11 22:49:50 +0000
committerAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-08-11 22:49:50 +0000
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small things around coreutils and bugs #518 and #520
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2668 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter05/gcc-pass1-inst.xml b/chapter05/gcc-pass1-inst.xml
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+++ b/chapter05/gcc-pass1-inst.xml
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
<sect2>
<title>Installation of GCC</title>
-<para>We won't be needing a C++ compiler until the next chapter. So, only
-the gcc-core tarball needs to be unpacked at this time.</para>
+<para>Unpack only the GCC-core tarball, as we won't be needing a C++ compiler
+for the moment.</para>
<para>This package is known to behave badly when you have changed its
default optimization flags (including the -march and -mcpu options).
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ seem counter-intuitive at first. But using it allows the building of
<filename>libgcc_s.so.1</filename> and <filename>libgcc_eh.a</filename>, and
having <filename>libgcc_eh.a</filename> available ensures that the configure
script for Glibc (the next package we compile) produces the proper results.
-Please note that the <userinput>gcc</userinput> binaries will still be linked
+Note that the <userinput>gcc</userinput> binaries will still be linked
statically, as this is controlled by the <userinput>-static</userinput>
value of BOOT_LDFLAGS further on.</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para><userinput>--enable-languages=c</userinput>: This will build
-only the C compiler from the GCC package. We won't be needing anything else
-during this chapter.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para><userinput>--enable-languages=c</userinput>: This option
+ensures that only the C compiler is built. The option is only needed when you
+have downloaded and unpacked the full GCC tarball.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>