Author: chris Date: 2006-05-01 15:32:20 -0600 (Mon, 01 May 2006) New Revision: 1500
Modified: trunk/BOOK/final-preps/creatingcrossdir.xml Log: Rewrote the description of why the /cross-tools symlink is created Modified: trunk/BOOK/final-preps/creatingcrossdir.xml =================================================================== --- trunk/BOOK/final-preps/creatingcrossdir.xml 2006-05-01 17:22:43 UTC (rev 1499) +++ trunk/BOOK/final-preps/creatingcrossdir.xml 2006-05-01 21:32:20 UTC (rev 1500) @@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ <screen><userinput>ln -sv $LFS/cross-tools /</userinput></screen> - <para>The created symlink enables the toolchain to be compiled so that - it always refers to <filename class="directory">/cross-tools</filename>, - meaning that the compiler, assembler, and linker will be available for - use later if some unforseen circumstances happen.</para> + <para>The symlink isn't technically necessary (though the book's + instructions do assume its existence), but is there mainly for + consistency (because /tools is also symlinked to $LFS/tools) and to + somewhat simplify the installation of the cross-compile tools.</para> </sect1> -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-lfs FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
