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diff --git a/chapter05/gcc-exp.xml b/chapter05/gcc-exp.xml index 65c610adc..37a3bea4d 100644 --- a/chapter05/gcc-exp.xml +++ b/chapter05/gcc-exp.xml @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ <title>Command explanations</title> <para><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-&gcc-version;.patch:</userinput> -This patch fixes a bug in gcc's linker concerning non-exported (weak) -symbols, which was brought to the surface by the new glibc and also one -or two other problems which can arise.</para> +This new patch deals with incorrect handling of weak symbols, the +over-optimization of calls to those weak symbols, an atexit issue and +the __dso_handle symbol required for atexit's proper function.</para> <para><userinput>--prefix=/usr:</userinput> This is NOT a typo. GCC hard codes some paths while compiling and so we need to pass /usr as the diff --git a/chapter06/gcc-exp.xml b/chapter06/gcc-exp.xml index 1eba1c32d..15a399d9d 100644 --- a/chapter06/gcc-exp.xml +++ b/chapter06/gcc-exp.xml @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ <title>Command explanations</title> <para><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-&gcc-version;.patch:</userinput> -This patch fixes a bug in gcc's linker concerning non-exported (weak) -symbols, which was brought to the surface by the new glibc and also one -or two other problems which can arise.</para> +This new patch deals with incorrect handling of weak symbols, the +over-optimization of calls to those weak symbols, an atexit issue and +the __dso_handle symbol required for atexit's proper function.</para> <para><userinput>--enable-languages=c,c++:</userinput> This only builds the C and C++ compilers and not the other available compilers as they are, on |