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@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
<title>Creating Essential Symlinks</title>
<?dbhtml filename="createfiles.html"?>
-<para>Create some needed links.</para>
+<para>Some programs hard-wire paths to programs which do not yet
+exist. In order to satisfy these programs, create a number of symbolic
+links which will be replaced by real files throughout the course of
+this chapter after the software has been installed.</para>
<screen><userinput>ln -s /tools/bin/{bash,cat,pwd,stty} /bin
ln -s /tools/bin/perl /usr/bin
@@ -15,3 +18,4 @@ ln -s /tools/lib/libgcc_s.so{,.1} /usr/lib
ln -s bash /bin/sh</userinput></screen>
</sect1>
+