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authorAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-08-15 22:38:17 +0000
committerAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-08-15 22:38:17 +0000
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<sect2>
<title>Installation of Patch</title>
-<para><screen><userinput>CPPFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE ./configure --prefix=/stage1
-make
-make install</userinput></screen></para>
+<para>Prepare Patch to be compiled:</para>
+<para><screen><userinput>CPPFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE ./configure --prefix=/stage1</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>The preprocessor flag <userinput>-D_GNU_SOURCE</userinput> is only needed
+on the PowerPC platform. On other architectures you can leave it out.</para>
+
+<para>Compile the program:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make </userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Then install it and its documentation:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>
</sect2>