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diff --git a/part3intro/toolchaintechnotes.xml b/part3intro/toolchaintechnotes.xml index 5698115cf..7401350d8 100644 --- a/part3intro/toolchaintechnotes.xml +++ b/part3intro/toolchaintechnotes.xml @@ -253,9 +253,9 @@ degraded), and also to build libstdc++. This last library will lack some of the functionality of libgcc.</para> - <para>The upshot of the preceding - paragraph is that cc1 is unable to build a fully functional libstdc++, but - this is the only compiler available for building the C/C++ libraries + <para>The upshot of the preceding paragraph is that cc1 is unable to + build a fully functional libstdc++ with the degraded libgcc, but cc1 + is the only compiler available for building the C/C++ libraries during stage 2. Of course, the compiler built by stage 2, cc-lfs, would be able to build those libraries, but:</para> @@ -278,7 +278,10 @@ </listitem> </itemizedlist> - <para>So we have to re-build libstdc++ later as a part of gcc stage 2.</para> + <para>So when we build gcc stage 2, we instruct the building system to + rebuild libgcc and libstdc++ with cc1, but link libstdc++ to the newly + rebuilt libgcc instead of the degraded build. Then the rebuilt + libstdc++ will be fully functional.</para> <para>In &ch-final; (or <quote>stage 3</quote>), all the packages needed for the LFS system are built. Even if a package has already been installed into |