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diff --git a/chapter04/creatingtoolsdir.xml b/chapter04/creatingtoolsdir.xml index bed68fb17..50fa9aa25 100644 --- a/chapter04/creatingtoolsdir.xml +++ b/chapter04/creatingtoolsdir.xml @@ -1,46 +1,48 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ +<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" + "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [ <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent"> %general-entities; ]> + <sect1 id="ch-tools-creatingtoolsdir"> -<title>Creating the $LFS/tools Directory</title> -<?dbhtml filename="creatingtoolsdir.html"?> - -<para>All programs compiled in <xref -linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> will be installed under <filename -class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> to keep them separate from the -programs compiled in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>. The -programs compiled here are temporary tools and will not be a part of -the final LFS system. By keeping these programs in a separate -directory, they can easily be discarded later after their use. This -also prevents these programs from ending up in the host production -directories (easy to do by accident in <xref -linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>).</para> - -<para>Create the required directory by running the following as -<emphasis>root</emphasis>:</para> + <?dbhtml filename="creatingtoolsdir.html"?> + + <title>Creating the $LFS/tools Directory</title> + + <para>All programs compiled in <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> + will be installed under <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> + to keep them separate from the programs compiled in <xref + linkend="chapter-building-system"/>. The programs compiled here are + temporary tools and will not be a part of the final LFS system. By keeping + these programs in a separate directory, they can easily be discarded later + after their use. This also prevents these programs from ending up in the + host production directories (easy to do by accident in <xref + linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>).</para> + + <para>Create the required directory by running the following as + <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para> <screen><userinput>mkdir -v $LFS/tools</userinput></screen> -<para>The next step is to create a <filename class="symlink">/tools</filename> -symlink on the host system. This will point to the newly-created directory on -the LFS partition. Run this command as <emphasis>root</emphasis> as -well:</para> + <para>The next step is to create a <filename class="symlink">/tools</filename> + symlink on the host system. This will point to the newly-created directory on + the LFS partition. Run this command as <systemitem + class="username">root</systemitem> as well:</para> <screen><userinput>ln -sv $LFS/tools /</userinput></screen> -<note><para>The above command is correct. The <command>ln</command> command has -a few syntactic variations, so be sure to check <command>info coreutils ln</command> and -<filename>ln(1)</filename> before reporting what you may think is an -error.</para></note> + <note> + <para>The above command is correct. The <command>ln</command> command + has a few syntactic variations, so be sure to check + <command>info coreutils ln</command> and <filename>ln(1)</filename> + before reporting what you may think is an error.</para> + </note> -<para>The created symlink enables the toolchain to be compiled so that -it always refers to <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>, -meaning that the compiler, assembler, and linker will work both in -this chapter (when we are still using some tools from the host) and in -the next (when we are <quote>chrooted</quote> to the LFS -partition).</para> + <para>The created symlink enables the toolchain to be compiled so that it + always refers to <filename class="directory">/tools</filename>, meaning + that the compiler, assembler, and linker will work both in this chapter + (when we are still using some tools from the host) and in the next (when + we are <quote>chrooted</quote> to the LFS partition).</para> </sect1> - |