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Diffstat (limited to 'chapter08')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/binutils.xml | 18 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/binutils.xml b/chapter08/binutils.xml index c969eab00..28d44a9a0 100644 --- a/chapter08/binutils.xml +++ b/chapter08/binutils.xml @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ cd build</userinput></screen> <varlistentry> <term><parameter>--enable-gold</parameter></term> <listitem> - <para>Build the gold linker and install it as ld.gold (along side the + <para>Build the gold linker and install it as ld.gold (alongside the default linker).</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ cd build</userinput></screen> <varlistentry> <term><parameter>--with-system-zlib</parameter></term> <listitem> - <para>Use the installed zlib library rather than building the + <para>Use the installed zlib library instead of building the included version.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ cd build</userinput></screen> a custom system, this target-specific directory in <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is not required. <filename class="directory">$(exec_prefix)/$(target_alias)</filename> would be - used if the system was used to cross-compile (for example, compiling a + used if the system were used to cross-compile (for example, compiling a package on an Intel machine that generates code that can be executed on PowerPC machines).</para> </listitem> @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ cd build</userinput></screen> <screen><userinput remap="test">grep '^FAIL:' $(find -name '*.log')</userinput></screen> - <para>Twelve tests fail in the gold testsuite when the + <para>Twelve tests fail in the gold test suite when the <option>--enable-default-pie</option> and <option>--enable-default-ssp</option> options are passed to GCC. <!-- Caused by egrep deprecation. Note that we don't "patch" temp grep. @@ -179,8 +179,8 @@ cd build</userinput></screen> some gas tests may fail if parallel jobs are used. If you are not assured of the correctness of gas, invoke <command>make check-gas</command> to run gas testsuite separately and - all tests should pass. Three gprofng tests result - <literal>ERROR</literal> and they are counted as + all tests should pass. Three gprofng tests yield the + <literal>ERROR</literal> result, and they are counted as <literal>UNRESOLVED</literal> in the summary.</para> <para>Install the package:</para> @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ rm -fv /usr/share/man/man1/gprofng.1</userinput></screen> <varlistentry id="elfedit"> <term><command>elfedit</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Updates the ELF header of ELF files</para> + <para>Updates the ELF headers of ELF files</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils elfedit"> <primary sortas="b-elfedit">elfedit</primary> </indexterm> @@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ rm -fv /usr/share/man/man1/gprofng.1</userinput></screen> <varlistentry id="gprofng"> <term><command>gprofng</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Gather and analyze performance data</para> + <para>Gathers and analyzes performance data</para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils gprofng"> <primary sortas="b-gprofng">gprofng</primary> </indexterm> @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ rm -fv /usr/share/man/man1/gprofng.1</userinput></screen> <varlistentry id="ld.bfd"> <term><command>ld.bfd</command></term> <listitem> - <para>Hard link to <command>ld</command></para> + <para>A hard link to <command>ld</command></para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-binutils ld.bfd"> <primary sortas="b-ld.bfd">ld.bfd</primary> </indexterm> |