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diff --git a/chapter05/diffutils-inst.xml b/chapter05/diffutils-inst.xml index 6f707eb6a..90ecbfc64 100644 --- a/chapter05/diffutils-inst.xml +++ b/chapter05/diffutils-inst.xml @@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><userinput>LDFLAGS="-static":</userinput> This is the most common way to tell a package that all programs should be statically linked. -This way the <emphasis>LDFLAGS</emphasis> environment variable is set but +This way the <emphasis>LDFLAGS</emphasis> environment variable is set, but only in the subshell that the <filename>configure</filename> script runs in. When <userinput>configure</userinput> has done its job, the -<emphasis>LDFLAGS</emphasis> variable won't exist -anymore.</para></listitem> +<emphasis>LDFLAGS</emphasis> environment variable won't exist anymore +and the <filename>Makefile</filename> files contain will contain this +variable locally.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><userinput>CPPFLAGS=-Dre_max_failures=re_max_failures2:</userinput> The <emphasis>CPPFLAGS</emphasis> variable is a variable that's read by the |