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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/zlib-inst.xml | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | index.xml | 4 |
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 1a73d99cf..02fe901e8 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ </itemizedlist> </para></listitem> +<listitem><para>September 9th, 2003 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Removed zlib's +munging of CFLAGS in favor of a note to add -fPIC.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>September 8th, 2003 [matt]: Chapter 5 - Fixed the rm command that deletes unneeded documentation from /tools/share.</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter06/zlib-inst.xml b/chapter06/zlib-inst.xml index dfdec277c..701a2a8ce 100644 --- a/chapter06/zlib-inst.xml +++ b/chapter06/zlib-inst.xml @@ -11,11 +11,12 @@ so by applying this patch:</para> <para>Now prepare Zlib for compilation:</para> -<para><screen><userinput>CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC" \ - ./configure --prefix=/usr --shared</userinput></screen></para> +<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --shared</userinput></screen></para> -<para>The <emphasis>-fPIC</emphasis> flag helps to assure -quality in the dynamic Zlib library.</para> +<para>Note: Zlib is known to build it's shared library incorrectly +if a CFLAGS is specified in the enviornment. If you are using your +own CFLAGS variables, ensure you add the <emphasis role="strong">-fPIC</emphasis> +directive during this stage, and remove it after.</para> <para>Compile the package:</para> @@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ "/usr/share/docbook/docbookx.dtd" [ -<!ENTITY version "20030906"> -<!ENTITY releasedate "September 6th, 2003"> +<!ENTITY version "20030909"> +<!ENTITY releasedate "September 9th, 2003"> <!ENTITY nbsp " "> <!ENTITY ftp-root "ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org"> |