Author: pierre Date: Mon Jun 8 13:24:56 2020 New Revision: 11906 Log: Rewrite chapter 5 title and introduction
Modified: branches/cross2/chapter05/chapter05.xml branches/cross2/chapter05/introduction.xml Modified: branches/cross2/chapter05/chapter05.xml ============================================================================== --- branches/cross2/chapter05/chapter05.xml Mon Jun 8 12:44:56 2020 (r11905) +++ branches/cross2/chapter05/chapter05.xml Mon Jun 8 13:24:56 2020 (r11906) @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ <?dbhtml dir="chapter05"?> <?dbhtml filename="chapter05.html"?> - <title>Cross Compiling a Toolchain</title> + <title>Compiling a Cross-Toolchain</title> <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; href="introduction.xml"/> <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; href="toolchaintechnotes.xml"/> Modified: branches/cross2/chapter05/introduction.xml ============================================================================== --- branches/cross2/chapter05/introduction.xml Mon Jun 8 12:44:56 2020 (r11905) +++ branches/cross2/chapter05/introduction.xml Mon Jun 8 13:24:56 2020 (r11906) @@ -10,20 +10,15 @@ <title>Introduction</title> - <para>This chapter shows how to build a minimal Linux system. - This system will contain just enough tools to start constructing the final - LFS system in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/> and allow a working - environment with more user convenience than a minimum environment would.</para> + <para>This chapter shows how to build a cross-compiler and its associated + tools. Although here cross-compilation is faked, the principles are + the same as for a real cross-toolchain, and are detailed in the next + section.</para> + + <para>The programs compiled in this chapter will be installed under the + <filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory to keep them + separate from the files installed in the following chapters. The libraries, + on the other hand, are installed into their final place, since they pertain + to the system we want to build.</para> - <para>There are two steps in building this minimal system. The first step - is to build a new and host-independent toolchain (compiler, assembler, - linker, libraries, and a few useful utilities). The second step uses this - toolchain to build the other essential tools.</para> -<!-- - <para>The files compiled in this chapter will be installed under the - <filename class="directory">$LFS</filename> directory to keep them - separate from the files installed in the next chapter and the host - production directories. Since the packages compiled here are temporary, - we do not want them to pollute the soon-to-be LFS system.</para> ---> </sect1> -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-book FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
