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| author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-08-29 17:49:48 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-08-29 17:49:48 +0000 |
| commit | 2f5db45b25656c38b6633e9f9bfd1a44abc029e5 (patch) | |
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| parent | f0f31916d84c7975f72f54fc17e83af8adeb40e5 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/chapter05/introduction.xml b/chapter05/introduction.xml index 6c98ee73d..586bf4325 100644 --- a/chapter05/introduction.xml +++ b/chapter05/introduction.xml @@ -7,13 +7,16 @@ you'll have a fully working Linux system. The remaining chapters deal with creating the boot scripts, making the LFS system bootable and setting up basic networking.</para> -<para>The software in this chapter will be linked statically. These programs -will be reinstalled in the next chapter and linked dynamically. The +<para>The software in this chapter will be linked statically and will be +reinstalled in the next chapter and linked dynamically. The reason for the static version first is that there is a chance that our normal Linux system and the LFS system aren't using the same C Library versions. If the programs in the first part are linked against an older C library version, those programs might not work well on the -LFS system.</para> +LFS system. Another reason is to resolve circular dependencies. An +example of such a dependency is that you need a compiler to install a +compiler, and you're going to need a shell to install a shell and that +copmiler.</para> <para>The key to learn what makes Linux tick is to know exactly what packages are used for and why a user or the system needs them. Descriptions |