Author: bdubbs
Date: Wed Jun 10 22:55:06 2020
New Revision: 11919
Log:
Updates to the rest of cross2 Chapter 7.
Modified:
branches/cross2/chapter07/bison.xml
branches/cross2/chapter07/dejagnu.xml
branches/cross2/chapter07/expect.xml
branches/cross2/chapter07/gettext.xml
branches/cross2/chapter07/libstdc++-pass2.xml
branches/cross2/chapter07/perl.xml
branches/cross2/chapter07/python.xml
branches/cross2/chapter07/stripping.xml
branches/cross2/chapter07/tcl.xml
branches/cross2/chapter07/texinfo.xml
branches/cross2/chapter07/util-linux.xml
branches/cross2/chapter08/revisedchroot.xml
Modified: branches/cross2/chapter07/bison.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/cross2/chapter07/bison.xml Wed Jun 10 20:13:43 2020 (r11918)
+++ branches/cross2/chapter07/bison.xml Wed Jun 10 22:55:06 2020 (r11919)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
<para>Prepare Bison for compilation:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr
\
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/bison-&bison-version;</userinput></screen>
<variablelist>
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
<term><parameter>--docdir=/usr/share/doc/bison-&bison-version;</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>This tells the build system to install bison documentation
- into a versioned directory.</para>
+ into a versioned directory.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
Modified: branches/cross2/chapter07/dejagnu.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/cross2/chapter07/dejagnu.xml Wed Jun 10 20:13:43 2020
(r11918)
+++ branches/cross2/chapter07/dejagnu.xml Wed Jun 10 22:55:06 2020
(r11919)
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@
<screen><userinput remap="install">make install
install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/dejagnu-&dejagnu-version;
-install -v -m644 doc/dejagnu.{html,txt} \
-
/usr/share/doc/dejagnu-&dejagnu-version;</userinput></screen>
+install -v -m644 doc/dejagnu.{html,txt}
/usr/share/doc/dejagnu-&dejagnu-version;</userinput></screen>
<para>To test the results, issue:</para>
Modified: branches/cross2/chapter07/expect.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/cross2/chapter07/expect.xml Wed Jun 10 20:13:43 2020
(r11918)
+++ branches/cross2/chapter07/expect.xml Wed Jun 10 22:55:06 2020
(r11919)
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>--with-tcl=/usr/lib</parameter></term>
<listitem>
- <para>This parameter is needed to tell the
+ <para>This parameter is needed to tell
<command>configure</command> where the
- <command>tclConfig.sh</command> is located.</para>
+ <command>tclConfig.sh</command> script is located.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -72,9 +72,7 @@
<term><parameter>--with-tclinclude=/usr/include</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>This explicitly tells Expect where to find Tcl's internal
- headers. Using this option avoids conditions where
- <command>configure</command> fails because it cannot automatically
- discover the location of Tcl's headers.</para>
+ headers.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
Modified: branches/cross2/chapter07/gettext.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/cross2/chapter07/gettext.xml Wed Jun 10 20:13:43 2020
(r11918)
+++ branches/cross2/chapter07/gettext.xml Wed Jun 10 22:55:06 2020
(r11919)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
- <para>Install the <command>msgfmt</command>, <command>msgmerge</command>
and
+ <para>Install the <command>msgfmt</command>, <command>msgmerge</command>,
and
<command>xgettext</command> programs:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v
gettext-tools/src/{msgfmt,msgmerge,xgettext} /usr/bin</userinput></screen>
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@
<sect2 role="content">
<title/>
- <para>Details on this package are located in
- <xref linkend="contents-gettext" role="."/></para>
+ <para>Details on this package are located in <xref
linkend="contents-gettext" role="."/></para>
</sect2>
Modified: branches/cross2/chapter07/libstdc++-pass2.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/cross2/chapter07/libstdc++-pass2.xml Wed Jun 10 20:13:43
2020 (r11918)
+++ branches/cross2/chapter07/libstdc++-pass2.xml Wed Jun 10 22:55:06
2020 (r11919)
@@ -24,18 +24,16 @@
<sect2 role="package">
<title/>
- <para>Again, when building <xref linkend="ch-tools-gcc-pass2"/>, we had to
- defer the installation of the C++ standard library, because no suitable
- compiler was available to compile it: we could not use the compiler
- installed, because this compiler is a native
- compiler, and should not be used outside of chroot without being at
- risk of polluting the build with some host components.</para>
+ <para>When building <xref linkend="ch-tools-gcc-pass2"/> we had to defer
+ the installation of the C++ standard library because no suitable compiler
+ was available to compile it. We could not use the compiler built in that
+ section because it is a native compiler and should not be used outside of
+ chroot and risk polluting the libraries with some host components.</para>
<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
<segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
- <!-- TODO -->
<seglistitem>
<seg>&libstdcpp-ch5-sbu;</seg>
<seg>&libstdcpp-ch5-du;</seg>
@@ -53,17 +51,16 @@
<filename>gcc-&gcc-version;</filename> directory.</para>
</note>
- <para>Create a link which exists when building Libstdc++ in the gcc
- tree:</para>
+ <para>Create a link which exists when building libstdc++ in the gcc
tree:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="pre">ln -s gthr-posix.h
libgcc/gthr-default.h</userinput></screen>
- <para>Create a separate build directory for Libstdc++ and enter it:</para>
+ <para>Create a separate build directory for libstdc++ and enter it:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="pre">mkdir -v build
cd build</userinput></screen>
- <para>Prepare Libstdc++ for compilation:</para>
+ <para>Prepare libstdc++ for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="configure">../libstdc++-v3/configure \
CXXFLAGS="-g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE" \
@@ -78,8 +75,8 @@
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>CXXFLAGS="-g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE"</parameter></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Those flags are passed by the top level Makefile when doing
- a full build of GCC.</para>
+ <para>These flags are passed by the top level Makefile when doing
+ a full build of GCC.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -106,8 +103,7 @@
<sect2 role="content">
<title/>
- <para>Details on this package are located in
- <xref linkend="contents-gcc" role="."/></para>
+ <para>Details on this package are located in <xref linkend="contents-gcc"
role="."/></para>
</sect2>
Modified: branches/cross2/chapter07/perl.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/cross2/chapter07/perl.xml Wed Jun 10 20:13:43 2020 (r11918)
+++ branches/cross2/chapter07/perl.xml Wed Jun 10 22:55:06 2020 (r11919)
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
</variablelist>
- <para>Build the package:</para>
+ <para>Build and install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
@@ -71,8 +71,7 @@
<sect2 role="content">
<title/>
- <para>Details on this package are located in
- <xref linkend="contents-perl" role="."/></para>
+ <para>Details on this package are located in <xref linkend="contents-perl"
role="."/></para>
</sect2>
Modified: branches/cross2/chapter07/python.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/cross2/chapter07/python.xml Wed Jun 10 20:13:43 2020
(r11918)
+++ branches/cross2/chapter07/python.xml Wed Jun 10 22:55:06 2020
(r11919)
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@
<sect2 role="content">
<title/>
- <para>Details on this package are located in
- <xref linkend="contents-python" role="."/></para>
+ <para>Details on this package are located in <xref
linkend="contents-python" role="."/></para>
</sect2>
Modified: branches/cross2/chapter07/stripping.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/cross2/chapter07/stripping.xml Wed Jun 10 20:13:43 2020
(r11918)
+++ branches/cross2/chapter07/stripping.xml Wed Jun 10 22:55:06 2020
(r11919)
@@ -28,37 +28,33 @@
strip --strip-unneeded /usr/{,s}bin/*
strip --strip-unneeded /tools/bin/*</userinput></screen>
- <para>These commands will skip a number of files, reporting that it does
not
+ <para>These commands will skip a number of files reporting that it does not
recognize their file format. Most of these are scripts instead of binaries.
- Note that we use the <command>strip</command> program built in
+ <!--Note that we use the <command>strip</command> program built in
<quote>Binutils pass 1</quote>, since it is the one that knows how to strip
- our cross-compiled programs.</para>
- <!-- Normally, the host "strip" could be used too, since it is actually the
- same computer. But Some old versions of binutils may generate buggy crt1.o
- and the like, because they do not know about recently introduced symbol
- types. For more details,
- see https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=22875-->
+ our cross-compiled programs.--></para>
- <para>Take care <emphasis>not</emphasis> to use
+ <para>Take care <emphasis>NOT</emphasis> to use
<parameter>--strip-unneeded</parameter> on the libraries. The static
ones would be destroyed and the toolchain packages would need to be
built all over again.</para>
- <para>To save more, remove the documentation:</para>
+ <para>To save more space, remove the documentation:</para>
<screen><userinput>rm -rf /usr/{,share}/{info,man,doc}</userinput></screen>
<para>The libtool .la files are only useful when linking with static
libraries. They are unneeded, and potentially harmful, when using dynamic
- shared libraries, specially when using also non-autotools build systems.
+ shared libraries, specially when using non-autotools build systems.
Remove those files now:</para>
<screen><userinput>find /usr/{lib,libexec} -name \*.la
-delete</userinput></screen>
- <para>At this point, you should have at least 3 GB of free space in
- <envar>$LFS</envar> that can be used to build and install Glibc and Gcc in
+ <para>At this point, you should have at least 5 GB of free space on the
+ chroot partition that can be used to build and install Glibc and Gcc in
the next phase. If you can build and install Glibc, you can build and
install
- the rest too.</para>
+ the rest too. You can check the free disk space with the command
+ <command>df -h /</command>.</para>
</sect2>
@@ -70,9 +66,9 @@
a backup. When every check has passed successfully in the previously
built packages, your temporary tools are in a good state and might be
backed up for later reuse. In case of fatal failures in the subsequent
- sections, it often turns out that removing everything and starting over
+ chapters, it often turns out that removing everything and starting over
(more carefully) is the best option to recover. Unfortunatly, all the
- temporary tools will be removed, too. To avoid extra time to redo
+ temporary tools will be removed, too. To avoid the extra time needed to
redo
something which has been built successfully, prepare a backup.
</para>
@@ -83,14 +79,13 @@
<systemitem class="username">lfs</systemitem>. Leaving the
chroot environment is required as the backup should be stored
outside of the <filename class="directory">$LFS</filename> directory
- but those cannot be accessed when in chroot. Leave chroot environment
+ but those cannot be accessed when in chroot. Leave the chroot environment
and unmount the virtual kernel filesystems:
</para>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>exit
umount $LFS/dev{/pts,}
-umount $LFS/{sys,proc,run}
-</userinput></screen>
+umount $LFS/{sys,proc,run}</userinput></screen>
<para>Create the backup archive:</para>
<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cd $LFS &&
@@ -98,12 +93,12 @@
</userinput></screen>
<para>
- In case you have to start over as some mistakes has been made, you can
- use this backup to restore the temporary tools and save some time on
- the way to recover. Since the sources are located under
+ In case some mistakes have been made and you need to start over, you can
+ use this backup to restore the temporary tools and save some irecovery
time.
+ Since the sources are located under
<filename class="directory">$LFS</filename>, they are included in the
backup archive as well, so you need not to download them again. After
- checking that <filename class="directory">$LFS</filename> is set proper,
+ checking that <filename class="directory">$LFS</filename> is set
properly,
restore the backup by executing the following commands:
</para>
@@ -113,8 +108,8 @@
</userinput></screen>
<para>
- Again, double check that the environment has been setup proper and
- continue building the rest of the system.
+ Again, double check that the environment has been setup properly
+ and continue building the rest of the system.
</para>
<important>
@@ -122,7 +117,7 @@
If you left the chroot environment either to create a backup
or restart building using a restore, remember to mount the
kernel virtual filesystems as described in <xref
- linkend='ch-tools-kernfs'/> and enter the
+ linkend='ch-tools-kernfs'/> and re-enter the
chroot environment (see <xref
linkend='ch-tools-chroot'/>) again before continuing.</para>
</important>
Modified: branches/cross2/chapter07/tcl.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/cross2/chapter07/tcl.xml Wed Jun 10 20:13:43 2020 (r11918)
+++ branches/cross2/chapter07/tcl.xml Wed Jun 10 22:55:06 2020 (r11919)
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
<title>Installation of Tcl</title>
<para>This package and the next two (Expect and DejaGNU) are
- installed to support running the test suites for GCC and Binutils and other
+ installed to support running the test suites for GCC and binutils and other
packages. Installing three packages for testing purposes may seem
excessive, but it is very reassuring, if not essential, to know that the
most important tools are working properly. These packages are required
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
<term><parameter>$([ "$(uname -m)" = x86_64 ] && echo
--enable-64bit)</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>The construct <parameter>$(<shell command>)</parameter>
- is replaced by the output of the chell command. Here this output is
+ is replaced by the output of the shell command. Here this output is
empty if running on a 32 bit machine, and is
<parameter>--enable-64bit</parameter> if running on a 64 bit machine.
</para>
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@
unset SRCDIR</userinput></screen>
- <para>The various <quote>sed</quote> after the <quote>make</quote> command
- remove references to the build directory from various configuration files,
- and replaces them with the install directory. This is not mandatory
- for the remaining of LFS, but may be needed in case a package built later
- uses Tcl.</para>
+ <para>The various <quote>sed</quote> instructions after the
+ <quote>make</quote> command removes references to the build directory from
+ the configuration files and replaces them with the install directory.
+ This is not mandatory for the remainder of LFS, but may be needed in case a
+ package built later uses Tcl.</para>
<para>Install the package:</para>
@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@
<screen><userinput remap="install">chmod -v u+w
/usr/lib/libtcl&tcl-major-version;.so</userinput></screen>
- <para>Install Tcl's headers. The next package, Expect, requires them
- to build.</para>
+ <para>Install Tcl's headers. The next package, Expect, requires
them.</para>
<screen><userinput remap="install">make
install-private-headers</userinput></screen>
@@ -134,8 +133,14 @@
<segtitle>Installed library</segtitle>
<seglistitem>
- <seg>tclsh (link to tclsh&tcl-major-version;) and
tclsh&tcl-major-version;</seg>
- <seg>libtcl&tcl-major-version;.so,
libtclstub&tcl-major-version;.a</seg>
+ <seg>
+ tclsh (link to tclsh&tcl-major-version;) and
+ tclsh&tcl-major-version;
+ </seg>
+ <seg>
+ libtcl&tcl-major-version;.so and
+ libtclstub&tcl-major-version;.a
+ </seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
Modified: branches/cross2/chapter07/texinfo.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/cross2/chapter07/texinfo.xml Wed Jun 10 20:13:43 2020
(r11918)
+++ branches/cross2/chapter07/texinfo.xml Wed Jun 10 22:55:06 2020
(r11919)
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@
<sect2 role="content">
<title/>
- <para>Details on this package are located in
- <xref linkend="contents-texinfo" role="."/></para>
+ <para>Details on this package are located in <xref
linkend="contents-texinfo" role="."/></para>
</sect2>
Modified: branches/cross2/chapter07/util-linux.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/cross2/chapter07/util-linux.xml Wed Jun 10 20:13:43 2020
(r11918)
+++ branches/cross2/chapter07/util-linux.xml Wed Jun 10 22:55:06 2020
(r11919)
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
<para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure
ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">
+./configure ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-&util-linux-version; \
--disable-chfn-chsh \
--disable-login \
@@ -62,22 +63,22 @@
<variablelist>
<title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
-<!-- TODO -->
+
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>This sets the location of the file recording information about
- the hardware clock, in accordance to the FHS. This is not stricly
- needed fot his temporary tool, but it prevent creating a file
+ the hardware clock in accordance to the FHS. This is not stricly
+ needed for his temporary tool, but it prevents creating a file
at another location, which would not be overwritten or removed
- when building the final util-linux.</para>
+ when building the final util-linux package.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>--disable-*</parameter></term>
<listitem>
- <para>Those switches prevent warnings about building components
+ <para>These switches prevent warnings about building components
that require packages not in LFS or not installed yet.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -105,8 +106,7 @@
<sect2 role="content">
<title/>
- <para>Details on this package are located in
- <xref linkend="contents-utillinux" role="."/></para>
+ <para>Details on this package are located in <xref
linkend="contents-utillinux" role="."/></para>
</sect2>
Modified: branches/cross2/chapter08/revisedchroot.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/cross2/chapter08/revisedchroot.xml Wed Jun 10 20:13:43 2020
(r11918)
+++ branches/cross2/chapter08/revisedchroot.xml Wed Jun 10 22:55:06 2020
(r11919)
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@
url="&blfs-book;/introduction/la-files.html">BLFS section "About Libtool
Archive (.la) files"</ulink>.</para>
- <para>Finally, remove the temporary 'tester' usr account created at the
- beginning of this chapter.</para>
+ <para>Finally, remove the temporary 'tester' user account created at the
+ beginning of the previous chapter.</para>
-<screen><userinput>sed -i '/tester/d' /etc/passwd /etc/group
-rm -rf /home/tester</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>userdel -r tester</userinput></screen>
</sect1>
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