Author: robert
Date: 2011-02-03 21:36:12 -0700 (Thu, 03 Feb 2011)
New Revision: 1612

Modified:
   trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
   trunk/BOOK/chapter06/grub.xml
Log:
Added GCC options to build Grub.

Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml  2011-02-03 21:06:36 UTC (rev 1611)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter01/changelog.xml  2011-02-04 04:36:12 UTC (rev 1612)
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
       <para>2011-02-03</para>
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[robert] - Added GCC options to build Grub.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[robert] - Added some -no options when building the Binutils
           tests in chapter 6.</para>
         </listitem>

Modified: trunk/BOOK/chapter06/grub.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/chapter06/grub.xml       2011-02-03 21:06:36 UTC (rev 1611)
+++ trunk/BOOK/chapter06/grub.xml       2011-02-04 04:36:12 UTC (rev 1612)
@@ -42,12 +42,15 @@
 
     <para>Prepare GRUB for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr           \
-             --sysconfdir=/etc       \
-             --disable-grub-emu-usb  \
-             --disable-grub-fstest   \
-             --disable-efiemu</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput remap="configure">CC="gcc -no-fatal-warnings -nopie" 
LDFLAGS="-pie" ./configure --prefix=/usr \
+    --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-grub-emu-usb \
+    --disable-grub-fstest --disable-efiemu</userinput></screen>
 
+    <para>The -no-fatal-warnings option is needed for some of the tests in the
+    <filename>configure</filename> script. The -nopie option is needed when
+    compiling Grub modules. The -pie option is added when linking Grub's
+    programs.</para>
+
     <para>The --disable switches minimize what is built by disabling features
     and testing programs not really needed for LFS.</para>
 

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