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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter05/gcc-pass1-inst.xml | 10 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml b/chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml index 9e02b5f86..bf7da56e8 100644 --- a/chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml +++ b/chapter05/binutils-pass1-inst.xml @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ because both Glibc and GCC perform various tests on the available linker and assembler to determine which of their own features to enable.</para> <note><para>Even though Binutils is an important toolchain package, we are not -going to run the testsuite at this early stage. Firstly, the testsuite -framework is not yet in place and secondly, the programs from this first pass -will soon be overwritten by those installed in the second pass.</para></note> +going to run the testsuite at this early stage. First, the testsuite framework +is not yet in place and second, the programs from this first pass will soon be +overwritten by those installed in the second pass.</para></note> <para>This package is known to behave badly when you have changed its default optimization flags (including the -march and -mcpu options). Therefore, if diff --git a/chapter05/gcc-pass1-inst.xml b/chapter05/gcc-pass1-inst.xml index 5b39c34ea..15c219f51 100644 --- a/chapter05/gcc-pass1-inst.xml +++ b/chapter05/gcc-pass1-inst.xml @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ for the moment.</para> <note><para>Even though GCC is an important toolchain package, we are not -going to run the testsuite at this early stage. Firstly, the testsuite -framework is not yet in place and secondly, the programs from this first pass -will soon be overwritten by those installed in the second pass.</para></note> +going to run the testsuite at this early stage. First, the testsuite framework +is not yet in place and second, the programs from this first pass will soon be +overwritten by those installed in the second pass.</para></note> <para>This package is known to behave badly when you have changed its default optimization flags (including the -march and -mcpu options). @@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen></para> <listitem><para><userinput>--with-local-prefix=/tools</userinput>: The purpose of this switch is to remove <filename>/usr/local/include</filename> from <userinput>gcc</userinput>'s include search path. This is not absolutely -essential, but we want to try and minimize the influence from the host system, -so this is a sensible thing to do.</para></listitem> +essential; however, we want to try to minimize the influence of the host +system, thus making this is a sensible thing to do.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><userinput>--enable-shared</userinput>: This switch may seem counter-intuitive at first. But using it allows the building of |