Edit English idiom. punctuation, etc., throughout chapter 6.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/chapter06/gcc-pass2.xml b/chapter06/gcc-pass2.xml
index 6774134a2..24e14a346 100644
--- a/chapter06/gcc-pass2.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gcc-pass2.xml
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@
     <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&gcc-upstream-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
 -->
     <para>As in the first build of GCC, the GMP, MPFR, and MPC packages are
-    required. Unpack the tarballs and move them into the required directory
-    names:</para>
+    required. Unpack the tarballs and move them into the required directories:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">tar -xf ../mpfr-&mpfr-version;.tar.xz
 mv -v mpfr-&mpfr-version; mpfr
@@ -111,9 +110,9 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
           <para>Normally, using <parameter>--host</parameter> ensures that
           a cross-compiler is used for building GCC, and that compiler knows
           that it has to look for headers and libraries in <filename
-          class="directory">$LFS</filename>. But the build system of GCC uses
+          class="directory">$LFS</filename>. But the build system for GCC uses
           other tools, which are not aware of this location. This switch is
-          needed to have them find the needed files in <filename
+          needed so those tools will find the needed files in <filename
           class="directory">$LFS</filename>, and not on the host.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
@@ -121,16 +120,16 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
       <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>--target=$LFS_TGT</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>As we are cross-compiling GCC, it's impossible to build
+          <para>We are cross-compiling GCC, so it's impossible to build
           target libraries (<filename class="libraryfile">libgcc</filename>
           and <filename class="libraryfile">libstdc++</filename>) with the
-          compiled GCC binaries because these binaries won't run on the
-          host distro.  GCC building system will attempt to use the
-          C and C++ compilers on the host distro as a workaround by default.
-          It's not supported to build GCC target libraries with a different
-          version of GCC, so using host compilers may cause building
-          failure.  This parameter ensures to build the libraries with GCC
-          pass 1 and prevent the issue.</para>
+          previously compiled GCC binaries&mdash;those binaries won't run on the
+          host.  The GCC build system will attempt to use the host's
+          C and C++ compilers as a workaround by default.
+          Building the GCC target libraries with a different
+          version of GCC is not supported, so using the host's compilers may cause
+          the build to fail. This parameter ensures the libraries are built by GCC
+          pass 1.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
@@ -138,9 +137,9 @@ cd       build</userinput></screen>
         <term><parameter>LDFLAGS_FOR_TARGET=...</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>Allow <filename class="libraryfile">libstdc++</filename> to
-          use shared <filename class="libraryfile">libgcc</filename> being
-          built in this pass, instead of the static version built in GCC
-          pass 1. This is needed for supporting C++ exception
+          use the shared <filename class="libraryfile">libgcc</filename> being
+          built in this pass, instead of the static version that was built in GCC
+          pass 1. This is necessary to support C++ exception
           handling.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>