On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:54:46 -0500 Bruce Dubbs <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hazel Russman wrote: > > On Thu, 25 Aug 2016 14:22:18 +0200 Pierre Labastie > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 25/08/2016 12:32, Hazel Russman wrote: > >>> There seem to be a couple of typos in the paragraph on building > >>> glibc. The --host parameter would be $LFS_TGT which evaluates (for > >>> a 32-bit system) to i686-lfs-linux-gnu, not i686-lfs-linux-gnu-gcc > >>> as written. > > >> I guess you mean the sentence "The compiler is generally not an > >> issue since Glibc will always use the compiler relating to the > >> /|--host|/ parameter passed to its configure script, e.g. in our > >> case, i686-lfs-linux-gnu-gcc". I trust you about English, but for me, > >> the "e.g." may as well refer to the compiler... > > > Yes, I was hasty. The second reference (to CC) is correct. The first, > > which you quoted, is definitely ambiguous. As phrased, it could refer > > either to the --host parameter itself or to the compiler which > > configure chooses as a consequence. May I suggest a small emendation > > for clarity: "...configure script. In our case, this compiler will be > > i686-lfs-linux-gnu-gcc." > > I don't understand. We now say: > > The compiler is generally not an issue since Glibc will always use the > compiler relating to the --host parameter passed to its configure script, > e.g. in our case, i686-lfs-linux-gnu-gcc. > > Can you please clarify your suggested clarification? > > -- Bruce As written, "e.g. in our case, i686-lfs-linux-gnu-gcc" could qualify either "the compiler" or "the --host parameter". It's meant to qualify the compiler of course, but as it directly follows the --host parameter clause, it's easy to read the two clauses as belonging together. That was certainly the way I read it, and that's why I initially thought it was an error. It's always hard to see ambiguities in something you wrote yourself because you know exactly what it means. It takes some other damn fool to come along and read it all wrong! Hazel -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
