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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-05-30 23:43:04 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-05-30 23:43:04 +0000
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<sect1 id="ch06-introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
<?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="chapter06"?>
+
+<para>In this chapter we enter the building site, and start
+constructing our LFS system in earnest. That is, we chroot into
+our temporary mini Linux system, create some auxiliary things,
+and then start installing all the packages, one by one.</para>
<para>The installation of all the software is pretty straightforward, and
you will probably think it would be so much easier and shorter to give
@@ -10,10 +15,10 @@ method. Although we agree with that, we choose to give the
full instructions for each and every package, simply to avoid any
possible confusion and errors.</para>
-<para>Now would be a good time to take a look at the optimization hint
-at <ulink url="&hints-root;optimization.txt"/> if you plan to use
-compiler optimization for the packages
-installed in this chapter. Compiler optimization can make a program run
+<para>If you plan to use compiler optimization for the packages
+installed in this chapter, take a look at the optimization hint
+at <ulink url="&hints-root;optimization.txt"/>.
+Compiler optimization can make a program run
faster, but may also cause compilation problems. If you run into problems
when using optimization, always try it without optimization to see if
the problem persists.</para>