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@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ partition and filesystem is where your new LFS system will be compiled and
installed onto.</para>
<para>Chapter 5 will then discuss the installation of a number of packages that
will form the basic development suite (or toolset) which is used to build the
will form the basic development suite (or tool-set) which is used to build the
actual system in Chapter 6. Some of these packages are needed to resolve
circular dependencies. For example, to compile a compiler you need a
compiler.</para>
@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pass.</para>
<para>The third thing to do is build a second pass of the toolchain. This time
the toolchain will be dynamically linked against the newly built Glibc. The
remaining Chapter 5 packages are all built using this second pass toolchain and
dynamically linked against the new host independent Glibc. When this is done,
dynamically linked against the new host-independent Glibc. When this is done,
the LFS installation process will no longer depend on the host distribution,
with the exception of the running kernel. This is known as <quote>self
contained</quote> and <quote>self hosted</quote>. There is a discussion of the
@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ the binary programs you just compiled. This has the potential to cause
problems for you down the road. The host's Glibc is usually an unknown
quantity and might even contain bugs or anything else we don't know about
until it is too late. A well known issue is that statically linked binaries
compiled on a Glibc-2.2.x based system that contain calls to the getpwuid()
function crash when run on a glibc-2.3.x based system. Seeing as we are about
to build a Glibc-2.3.x based system, we need to shield ourselves from problems
of this nature. The procedure employed in Chapter 5 achieves this goal. With
all these things in mind, you can see that the extra effort to compile
Binutils and GCC twice is well worth it.</para>
compiled on a Glibc-2.2.x based system that contain calls to the <emphasis>
getpwuid()</emphasis> function crash when run on a Glibc-2.3.x based system.
Seeing as we are about to build a Glibc-2.3.x based system, we need to shield
ourselves from problems of this nature. The procedure employed in Chapter 5
achieves this goal. With all these things in mind, you can see that the extra
effort to compile Binutils and GCC twice is well worth it.</para>
<para>In Chapter 6 your real LFS system will be built. The chroot (change root)
program is used to enter a virtual environment and start a new shell whose root