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-rw-r--r--chapter05/lockingglibc.xml31
-rw-r--r--chapter06/adjustingtoolchain.xml27
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 32 deletions
diff --git a/chapter05/lockingglibc.xml b/chapter05/lockingglibc.xml
index 686934828..3c21e8c97 100644
--- a/chapter05/lockingglibc.xml
+++ b/chapter05/lockingglibc.xml
@@ -2,38 +2,33 @@
<title>"Locking in" Glibc</title>
<?dbhtml filename="lockingglibc.html" dir="chapter05"?>
-<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
+<para>Now that the temporary C libraries have been installed, we want all
+the tools compiled in the rest of this chapter to be linked against these
+libraries. To accomplish this, we need to adjust the linker's scripts and the
+compiler's specs file.</para>
-<sect2>
-<title>Installation of the linker scripts</title>
-
-<para>Run the following command from within the <filename
-class="directory">binutils-build</filename> directory:</para>
+<para>First install the adjusted linker scripts by running the following from
+within the <filename class="directory">binutils-build</filename>
+directory:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>make -C ld install-data-local</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>This installs the adjusted linker scripts. Remember they were adjusted
-a little while back, at the end of the first pass of Binutils? The linker
-scripts now contain no mention of <filename>/lib</filename>,
+<para>These scripts were adjusted a little while back, at the end of the first
+pass of Binutils, and contain no mention of <filename>/lib</filename>,
<filename>/usr/lib</filename> or <filename>/usr/local/lib</filename>.
From this point onwards everything will link <emphasis>only</emphasis>
against the libraries in <filename>/stage1/lib</filename>.</para>
<para>You can now remove Binutils' build and source directories.</para>
-</sect2>
-
-<sect2>
-<title>Amending GCC's specs file</title>
-
-<para>The final thing to do is to amend our GCC specs file so that it points
+<para>The other thing to do is to amend our GCC specs file so that it points
to the new dynamic linker. A simple sed will accomplish this:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>SPECFILE=/stage1/lib/gcc-lib/*/*/specs
sed -e 's@/lib/ld.so.1@/stage1/lib/ld.so.1@g' \
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-e 's@/lib/ld-linux.so.2@/stage1/lib/ld-linux.so.2@g' \
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$SPECFILE > XX
-mv XX $SPECFILE
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$SPECFILE > tempspecfile
+mv tempspecfile $SPECFILE
unset SPECFILE</userinput></screen></para>
<para>We recommend that you cut-and-paste the above rather than try and type
@@ -43,7 +38,5 @@ it all in. Or you can edit the specs file by hand if you want to: just replace
<para>This completes the installation of the self-contained toolchain, which
can now be used to build the rest of the temporary tools.</para>
-</sect2>
-
</sect1>
diff --git a/chapter06/adjustingtoolchain.xml b/chapter06/adjustingtoolchain.xml
index f302cd014..d962f6ee2 100644
--- a/chapter06/adjustingtoolchain.xml
+++ b/chapter06/adjustingtoolchain.xml
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
<sect1 id="ch06-adjustingtoolchain">
-<title>Adjusting toolchain</title>
+<title>Re-adjusting the toolchain</title>
<?dbhtml filename="adjustingtoolchain.html" dir="chapter06"?>
-<para>Now that we have compiled all the necessary tools, it is time to
-re-adjust our toolchain. We will set it up so that it will link any newly
-compiled program against the new Glibc. Basically, this is the reverse of
-what we did in the "Locking in" stage in the beginning of chapter 5.</para>
+<para>Now that the new C libraries have been installed, it's time to re-adjust
+our toolchain. We'll adjust it so that it will link any newly compiled program
+against the new C libraries. Basically, this is the reverse of what we did
+in the "Locking in" stage in the beginning of the previous chapter.</para>
<para>The first thing to do is to adjust the linker scripts. For this we
-retained the <filename class="directory">binutils-build</filename>
-directory from the second pass over Binutils. Run the following:</para>
+retained the source and build directories from the second pass over Binutils.
+Install the adjusted linker scripts by running the following from within the
+<filename class="directory">binutils-build</filename> directory:</para>
-<para><screen><userinput>cd binutils-build
-make -C ld INSTALL=/stage1/bin/install install-data-local</userinput></screen></para>
+<para><screen><userinput>make -C ld INSTALL=/stage1/bin/install install-data-local</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>This installs the adjusted linker scripts. The linker scripts contain
+<para>The linker scripts now contain
no mention of <filename class="directory">/stage1/lib</filename> anymore.
From now on every compiled program will link <emphasis>only</emphasis>
against the libraries in <filename>/usr/lib</filename> and
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ this:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>SPECFILE=/stage1/lib/gcc-lib/*/*/specs
sed -e 's@/stage1/lib/ld.so.1@/lib/ld.so.1@g' \
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-e 's@/stage1/lib/ld-linux.so.2@/lib/ld-linux.so.2@g' $SPECFILE > XX
-mv XX $SPECFILE
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-e 's@/stage1/lib/ld-linux.so.2@/lib/ld-linux.so.2@g'
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$SPECFILE > newspecfile
+mv newspecfile $SPECFILE
unset SPECFILE</userinput></screen></para>
<para>Again, cutting and pasting the above is recommended. And just like
-before, it is a good idea to check the linker scripts and the specs file o
+before, it is a good idea to check the linker scripts and the specs file to
ensure the intended changes were actually made.</para>
<para>Note that the linker scripts will still contain a reference to