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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-12 04:40:07 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-12 04:40:07 +0000 |
| commit | 6a156bab1b41dfcbebcf69325dff81b73a2afad7 (patch) | |
| tree | 39451253ebce7058ff7282090bd572ac36dff998 /chapter08/introduction.xml | |
| parent | ea7ec72fba2b9749da2c22db67152eccaef5dfb0 (diff) | |
Mostly text updates in Chapter 8.
There are a couple of minor command changes.
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diff --git a/chapter08/introduction.xml b/chapter08/introduction.xml index a407cba1b..b63ce1c3e 100644 --- a/chapter08/introduction.xml +++ b/chapter08/introduction.xml @@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ <title>Introduction</title> - <para>In this chapter, we enter the building site and start constructing the - LFS system in earnest. That is, we chroot into the temporary mini Linux system, - make a few final preparations, and then begin installing the packages.</para> + <para>In this chapter, we start constructing the LFS system in earnest. + </para> <para>The installation of this software is straightforward. Although in many cases the installation instructions could be made shorter and more generic, @@ -41,25 +40,26 @@ contains, approximately how long it will take to build, and how much disk space is required during this building process. Following the installation instructions, there is a list of programs and libraries (along with brief - descriptions of these) that the package installs.</para> + descriptions) that the package installs.</para> - <note><para>The SBU values and required disk space includes - test suite data for all applicable packages in - <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>.</para></note> + <note><para>The SBU values and required disk space includes test suite data + for all applicable packages in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>. SBU + values have been calculated using a single CPU core (-j1) for all + operations.</para></note> <sect2> <title>About libraries</title> <para>In general, the LFS editors discourage building and installing static libraries. The original purpose for most static libraries has been made - obsolete in a modern Linux system. In addition linking a static library + obsolete in a modern Linux system. In addition, linking a static library into a program can be detrimental. If an update to the library is needed to remove a security problem, all programs that use the static library will need to be relinked to the new library. Since the use of static libraries is not always obvious, the relevant programs (and the procedures needed to do the linking) may not even be known.</para> - <para>In the procedures in Chapter 6, we remove or disable installation of + <para>In the procedures in this chapter, we remove or disable installation of most static libraries. Usually this is done by passing a <option>--disable-static</option> option to <command>configure</command>. In other cases, alternate means are needed. In a few cases, especially |