r8287 - branches/jh/BOOK/chapter05

[jhuntwork]

Author: jhuntwork
Date: 2007-08-07 20:13:08 -0600 (Tue, 07 Aug 2007)
New Revision: 8287

Modified:
   branches/jh/BOOK/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml
Log:
Correct the name of the libgcc_eh library and expand a bit on the explanation

Modified: branches/jh/BOOK/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/jh/BOOK/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml    2007-08-07 22:31:25 UTC (rev 
8286)
+++ branches/jh/BOOK/chapter05/gcc-pass1.xml    2007-08-08 02:13:08 UTC (rev 
8287)
@@ -129,11 +129,14 @@
 
 <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
 
-    <para>Using --disable-shared means that the file
-    <filename class="libraryfile">libgcc_eh.so</filename>
-    isn't built and installed. The next package, Glibc, depends on this 
-    library, so to satisfy that dependency, we'll create a symlink to
-    <filename class="libraryfile">libgcc.a</filename>.</para>
+    <para>Using <command>--disable-shared</command> means that the file
+    <filename class="libraryfile">libgcc_eh.a</filename>
+    isn't created and installed. The next package, Glibc, depends on this 
+    library as it uses <command>-lgcc_eh</command> within its build system.
+    We can satisfy that dependency by creating a symlink to
+    <filename class="libraryfile">libgcc.a</filename>, since that file will
+    end up containing the objects normally contained in
+    <filename class="libraryfile">libgcc_eh.a</filename>.</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>ln -vs libgcc.a `gcc -print-libgcc-file-name | \
     sed 's/libgcc/&amp;_eh/'`</userinput></screen>

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