diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 283d73073..d6d330f6a 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@
 </itemizedlist>
 </para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>September 1st, 2002 [timothy]: Chapter 06 - About
+debugging symbols: Removed info. about stripping /static. Man: Added sed
+statement to prevent groff from using SGR escape sequences.</para></listitem>
+
+<listitem><para>September 1st, 2002 [timothy]: Chapter 05 - Install all
+software as an unprivileged user: Added $CC='gcc -s' to omit the
+compilation of symbols in static packages.</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>August 30th, 2002 [timothy]: Chapter 06 - Makedev:
 Put rm /bin/bash after device creation. Perl: Removed information
 about the old patch.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter05/installasuser.xml b/chapter05/installasuser.xml
index a914e6a50..2001ca18d 100644
--- a/chapter05/installasuser.xml
+++ b/chapter05/installasuser.xml
@@ -32,15 +32,16 @@ umask 022
 
 LFS=/mnt/lfs
 LC_ALL=POSIX
-export LFS LC_ALL
+CC='gcc -s'
+export LFS LC_ALL CC
 EOF
 source ~/.bash_profile</userinput></screen></para>
 
 <para>This profile makes sure the umask is set to 022 so newly created
 files and directories will have the correct permissions. It is advisable
-to keep this setting throughout your LFS installation. Also, the $LFS
-and $LC_ALL environment variables are set. $LFS has been explained in
-previous chapters already. $LC_ALL is a variable that is used for
+to keep this setting throughout your LFS installation. Also, the $LFS,
+$LC_ALL, and $CC environment variables are set. $LFS has been explained
+in previous chapters already. $LC_ALL is a variable that is used for
 internationalization.</para>
 
 <para>When your host distribution uses a glibc version older than 2.2.4,
@@ -50,5 +51,10 @@ of chapter 6 and try to return to it. By setting this to "POSIX" ("C"
 is an alias for "POSIX") we ensure that everything will work as expected
 in the chroot environment.</para>
 
+<para>$CC is a variable we set in order to prevent debugging symbols from
+being compiled into our static packages. By omitting these symbols during
+the linking stage of compilation, we save hard drive space and decrease
+our the build time.</para>
+
 </sect1>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml b/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml
index 2d9d904fc..a4ffefc52 100644
--- a/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml
+++ b/chapter06/aboutdebug.xml
@@ -37,17 +37,14 @@ similar if you compare programs with and without debugging symbols.</para>
 <para>To remove debugging symbols from a binary (must be an a.out or ELF
 binary) run <userinput>strip --strip-debug filename</userinput>. Wildcards
 can be used to strip debugging symbols from multiple files (use something 
-like <userinput>strip --strip-debug $LFS/usr/bin/*</userinput>).
-Most people will probably never use a debugger on software, so by
-removing those symbols a lot of disk space can be regained.</para>
+like <userinput>strip --strip-debug $LFS/usr/bin/*</userinput>). Most
+people will probably never use a debugger on software, so by removing
+those symbols a lot of disk space can be regained.</para>
 
 <para>For your convenience, chapter 9 includes one simple command to strip
-all debugging symbols from all programs and libraries on your
-system. If you are short on diskspace you can start with stripping
-all the files under <filename class="directory">$LFS/static</filename></para>
-
-<para>You might find additional information in the optimization hint which can 
-be found at <ulink url="&hints-root;optimization.txt"/>.</para>
+all debugging symbols from the programs and libraries on your system. You
+might find additional information in the optimization hint which can be
+found at <ulink url="&hints-root;optimization.txt"/>.</para>
 
 </sect1>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/man-exp.xml b/chapter06/man-exp.xml
index 5c70e18c3..00c41e2ae 100644
--- a/chapter06/man-exp.xml
+++ b/chapter06/man-exp.xml
@@ -8,5 +8,9 @@ where a program is found. By appending /usr/bin:/bin to PATH for the
 ./configure command, we make sure that man doesn't use the /static versions
 of our programs.</para>
 
+<para><userinput>sed -e '/^NROFF/s/-mandoc/-c -mandoc/'</userinput>:
+This prevents groff from using SGR (Set Graphics Rendition) escape
+sequences on our man pages.</para>
+
 </sect2>
 
diff --git a/chapter06/man-inst.xml b/chapter06/man-inst.xml
index 0e8fff874..38fdcd8e4 100644
--- a/chapter06/man-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/man-inst.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 <para>Run the following commands to install man:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/bin \
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;./configure -default -confdir=/etc &&
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;./configure -default -confdir=/etc &amp;&amp;
 make &amp;&amp;
+cp src/man.conf{,.backup} &amp;&amp;
+sed -e '/^NROFF/s/-mandoc/-c -mandoc/' \
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;src/man.conf.backup > src/man.conf &amp;&amp;
 make install</userinput></screen></para>
 
 <para>You may want to take a look at the man hint 
diff --git a/index.xml b/index.xml
index dfd20a0fc..11303450a 100644
--- a/index.xml
+++ b/index.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 <!ENTITY book SYSTEM "book/book.xml">
 
-<!ENTITY version "20020831">
-<!ENTITY releasedate "August 31th, 2002">
+<!ENTITY version "20020901">
+<!ENTITY releasedate "September 1st, 2002">
 
 <!ENTITY ftp-root "ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org">
 <!ENTITY http-root "http://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org">