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authorGreg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-09-22 07:50:14 +0000
committerGreg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-09-22 07:50:14 +0000
commit3aa9774abc8bd686f384824c4a80dd8fa1be25fc (patch)
tree750aff842c5f9edceb10dcabc243c75bc513e14b /chapter05
parent548d65f273ba6289d556b8dcb954e99e7987ad1e (diff)
Chapter 5 - Setting up the environment: Added unset CC CXX CPP LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_PRELOAD to .bash_profile to stop accidental build breakge.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2860 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter05/setting-environment.xml b/chapter05/setting-environment.xml
index 286cd2428..a7af71228 100644
--- a/chapter05/setting-environment.xml
+++ b/chapter05/setting-environment.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LFS=/mnt/lfs
LC_ALL=POSIX
PATH=/tools/bin:$PATH
export LFS LC_ALL PATH
+unset CC CXX CPP LD_LIBRARY_PATH LD_PRELOAD
<userinput>EOF
source ~/.bash_profile</userinput></screen></para>
@@ -46,6 +47,10 @@ everything will work as expected in the chroot environment.</para>
that, as we move along through this chapter, the tools we build will get used
during the rest of the building process.</para>
+<para>The CC, CXX, CPP, LD_LIBRARY_PATH and LD_PRELOAD environment variables all
+have the potential to cause havoc with our Chapter 5 toolchain. We therefore
+unset them to prevent any chance of this happening.</para>
+
<para>Now, after sourcing the just-created profile, we're all set to begin
building the temporary tools that will support us in later chapters.</para>