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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-16 11:56:28 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-16 11:56:28 +0000 |
| commit | 675606bde2ba53946537b42a5aa576692a311621 (patch) | |
| tree | af20c20ce3841c16b24d0b9903af6878a4a0f5a6 /chapter05/introduction.xml | |
| parent | 560065f976e371779928dbf8b9428217f3f57331 (diff) | |
| parent | 1cd59612d00603c9ce773ad821a15d20bc4fa0b7 (diff) | |
Split Chapter 5 into three separate chapters.
Implement a new method of cross-building the LFS tool chain
and other tools to simplify the method of isolating the
new system from the original host. This will be the start of
LFS-10.0.
Move old trunk/BOOK to branches/old-trunk.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11946 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter05/introduction.xml b/chapter05/introduction.xml index 33a566877..28b496993 100644 --- a/chapter05/introduction.xml +++ b/chapter05/introduction.xml @@ -10,20 +10,15 @@ <title>Introduction</title> - <para>This chapter shows how to build a minimal Linux system. - This system will contain just enough tools to start constructing the final - LFS system in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/> and allow a working - environment with more user convenience than a minimum environment would.</para> + <para>This chapter shows how to build a cross-compiler and its associated + tools. Although here cross-compilation is faked, the principles are + the same as for a real cross-toolchain, and are detailed in the next + section.</para> - <para>There are two steps in building this minimal system. The first step - is to build a new and host-independent toolchain (compiler, assembler, - linker, libraries, and a few useful utilities). The second step uses this - toolchain to build the other essential tools.</para> - - <para>The files compiled in this chapter will be installed under the + <para>The programs compiled in this chapter will be installed under the <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory to keep them - separate from the files installed in the next chapter and the host - production directories. Since the packages compiled here are temporary, - we do not want them to pollute the soon-to-be LFS system.</para> + separate from the files installed in the following chapters. The libraries, + on the other hand, are installed into their final place, since they pertain + to the system we want to build.</para> </sect1> |