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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 22 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/adjusting.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/glibc.xml | 57 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/grub.xml | 10 |
4 files changed, 52 insertions, 45 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 751aff85e..de3f6a6ff 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -36,6 +36,28 @@ </listitem> --> <listitem> + <para>2016-04-05</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>[bdubbs] - Remove obsolete note about iconv() + in Chapter 6 Glibc. Minor adjustments to text in the + same section. Fixes + <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3904">#3904</ulink>.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>[bdubbs] - Add a note about UEFI and Secure Boot + to Chapter 8 "Using GRUB to Set Up the Boot Process". Fixes + <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3908">#3908</ulink>.</para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para>[bdubbs] - Add notes about paths for 64-bit + systems in Chapter 6 "Adjusting the Toolchain". Fixes + <ulink url="&lfs-ticket-root;3912">#3912</ulink>.</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para>2016-04-04</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> diff --git a/chapter06/adjusting.xml b/chapter06/adjusting.xml index 0ea4f92ef..64767b25f 100644 --- a/chapter06/adjusting.xml +++ b/chapter06/adjusting.xml @@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ readelf -l a.out | grep ': /lib'</userinput></screen> <para>Note that <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> is now the prefix of our dynamic linker.</para> + <note><para>On 64-bit systems the interpreter should be + /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2.</para></note> + <para os="d">Now make sure that we're setup to use the correct start files:</para> <screen os="e"><userinput>grep -o '/usr/lib.*/crt[1in].*succeeded' dummy.log</userinput></screen> @@ -65,6 +68,11 @@ readelf -l a.out | grep ': /lib'</userinput></screen> /usr/lib/crti.o succeeded /usr/lib/crtn.o succeeded</computeroutput></screen> + <note><para>On 64-bit systems, the path above will be + /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/5.3.0/../../../../lib64/. This + reduces to /usr/lib64 and /usr/lib64 is a symlink that points to + /usr/lib.</para></note> + <para os="g">Verify that the compiler is searching for the correct header files:</para> diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml index a835f218f..26adf6dac 100644 --- a/chapter06/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Glibc</title> - +<!-- <note> <para>Some packages outside of LFS suggest installing GNU libiconv in order to translate data from one encoding to another. The project's @@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ an <function>iconv()</function> implementation and can convert from/to Unicode, therefore libiconv is not required on an LFS system.</para> </note> +--> + <note><para>The Glibc build system is self-contained and will install + perfectly, even though the compiler specs file and linker are still + pointing to <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>. The specs + and linker cannot be adjusted before the Glibc install because the + Glibc autoconf tests would give false results and defeat the goal + of achieving a clean build.</para></note> <para>Some of the Glibc programs use non-FHS compilant <filename class="directory">/var/db</filename> directory to store @@ -61,26 +68,6 @@ <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-fhs-patch;</userinput></screen> - <para>The Glibc build system is self-contained and will install - perfectly, even though the compiler specs file and linker are still - pointing at <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>. The specs - and linker cannot be adjusted before the Glibc install because the - Glibc autoconf tests would give false results and defeat the goal - of achieving a clean build.</para> -<!-- - <para>Now fix a build problem that affects i386 systems:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-upstream-patch;</userinput></screen> - - <para>The most recent stable version of Glibc does not handle large files - correctly. Fix the problem with this patch:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-largefile-patch;</userinput></screen> - - <para>Finally, update some recent changes from the upstream repository:</para> - -<screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&glibc-upstream-patch2;</userinput></screen> ---> <para>The Glibc documentation recommends building Glibc in a dedicated build directory:</para> @@ -138,28 +125,8 @@ cd build</userinput></screen> <emphasis>nptl/tst-thread-affinity-{pthread,pthread2,sched}</emphasis> tests may fail for reasons that have not been determined. </para> </listitem> -<!-- - <listitem> - <para>The <emphasis>elf/tst-protected1a</emphasis> and - <emphasis>elf/tst-protected1b</emphasis> tests are known to - fail with the current stable version of binutils.</para> - </listitem> <listitem> - <para>When running on older and slower hardware or on systems under - load, some tests can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded. - Modifying the make check command to set a TIMEOUTFACTOR is reported to - help eliminate these errors (e.g. <command>TIMEOUTFACTOR=16 - make -k check</command>).</para> - </listitem> ---> -<!-- - <listitem> - <para>libio/tst-ftell-partial-wide.out fails because it needs a locale - that has not yet been generated.</para> - </listitem> ---> - <listitem> <para>Other tests known to fail on some architectures are malloc/tst-malloc-usable and nptl/tst-cleanupx4. </para> </listitem> @@ -182,10 +149,10 @@ cd build</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v ../nscd/nscd.conf /etc/nscd.conf mkdir -pv /var/cache/nscd</userinput></screen> - <para>The locales that can make the system respond in a different language - were not installed by the above command. None of the locales are required, - but if some of them are missing, test suites of the future packages would - skip important testcases.</para> + <para>Next, install the locales that can make the system respond in a + different language. None of the locales are required, but if some of them + are missing, the test suites of future packages would skip important + testcases.</para> <para>Individual locales can be installed using the <command>localedef</command> program. E.g., the first diff --git a/chapter08/grub.xml b/chapter08/grub.xml index 4fb89ab3f..c0bc1d983 100644 --- a/chapter08/grub.xml +++ b/chapter08/grub.xml @@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ grub-mkrescue --output=grub-img.iso xorriso -as cdrecord -v dev=/dev/cdrw blank=as_needed grub-img.iso</userinput></screen> + <note><para>Most newer systems now come with system firmware that is in + UEFI ((Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) mode by default. To boot LFS + on these systems using the instructions here, the UEFI Mode and Secure Boot + capabilities need to be turned off. There are ways to boot with these + capabilities still enabled, but are not covered here. For details, see + <ulink + url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/lfs-uefi.txt">the + lfs-uefi.txt hint</ulink> at + http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/lfs-uefi.txt.</para></note> + </sect2> <sect2> |