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@@ -14,6 +14,19 @@ GCC test suite run.</para>
<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/tools --with-tcl=/tools/lib --with-x=no</userinput></screen></para>
+<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
+
+<itemizedlist>
+<listitem><para><userinput>--with-tcl=/tools/lib</userinput>: This ensures that
+the configure script finds the Tcl installation in our temporary tools location.
+We don't want it to find an existing one that may possibly reside on the host
+system.</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para><userinput>--with-x=no</userinput>: This tells the configure
+script not to search for Tk (the Tcl GUI component) or the X Window System
+libraries, both of which may possibly reside on the host system.</para></listitem>
+</itemizedlist>
+
<para>Build the package:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>