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diff --git a/chapter05/gzip-inst.xml b/chapter05/gzip-inst.xml index 9b578e42d..56802770f 100644 --- a/chapter05/gzip-inst.xml +++ b/chapter05/gzip-inst.xml @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ <sect2> <title>Installation of Gzip</title> -<para>Before Gzip is installed, the gzip patch file needs to be unpacked.</para> +<para>Before Gzip is installed, the gzip patch file needs to be +unpacked. This patch file is necessary to avoid a conflict of variable +names with glibc when compiling and linking statically.</para> <para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gzip-&gzip-version;.patch &&</userinput> <userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/usr &&</userinput> |