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<title>Installation of GCC</title>
<note><para>The test suite for GCC in this section is considered <emphasis>
-critical</emphasis>. Do not skip it under any circumstances.</para></note>
+critical</emphasis>. Our advice is to not skip it under any
+circumstances.</para></note>
<para>This package is known to behave badly when you have changed its
default optimization flags (including the -march and -mcpu options).
@@ -42,6 +43,11 @@ cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen></para>
<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>
+<note><para>At this point it is strongly recommended to repeat the sanity check
+we performed earlier in the chapter. Refer back to the "Re-adjusting the
+toolchain" section and repeat the check. If the results are wrong then most
+likely, you erroneously applied the GCC Specs patch from Chapter 5.</para></note>
+
<para>Test the results, but don't stop at errors (you'll remember the few
known ones):</para>