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<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>
-<para><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-&gcc-patch-version;.patch :</userinput>
+<para><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-&gcc-patch-version;.patch:</userinput>
This new patch deals with incorrect handling of weak symbols, the
over-optimization of calls to those weak symbols, an atexit issue and
the __dso_handle symbol required for atexit's proper function.</para>
+<para><userinput>make BOOT_LDFLAGS=-static:</userinput>
+This is the equivalent to make LDFLAGS=-static as we use with other
+packages to compile them statically.</para>
+
<para><userinput>--prefix=/usr:</userinput> This is NOT a typo. GCC hard
codes some paths while compiling and so we need to pass /usr as the
prefix during ./configure. We pass the real install prefix during the