Author: robert
Date: 2006-12-02 00:07:18 -0700 (Sat, 02 Dec 2006)
New Revision: 921
Modified:
branches/2.4-branch/BOOK/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
Log:
make the binutils install-exec-local description less confusing and more
descriptive
Modified: branches/2.4-branch/BOOK/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml
===================================================================
--- branches/2.4-branch/BOOK/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml 2006-12-02
05:53:48 UTC (rev 920)
+++ branches/2.4-branch/BOOK/chapter05/binutils-pass1.xml 2006-12-02
07:07:18 UTC (rev 921)
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
dynamic linker <filename class="libraryfile">/lib/ld.so</filename>
will use <filename class="libraryfile">/tools/lib/libc.so</filename>
to run the Binutils programs. If your host system's dynamic
- linker comes from a different C library than the newly installed
+ linker comes from a different C library then the newly installed
C library the Binutils programs will crash. The simple way to
avoid this is to have Binutils use static versions of its
libraries so the Binutils programs are only linked to
@@ -151,8 +151,10 @@
<para>The <envar>EXEEXT</envar> Makefile variable specifies
the executable extention suffix to be added to the
<command>ld</command> program, so that the <command>ld</command>
- program we installed earlier is not replaced, resulting in
- this <command>ld</command> program being named
+ program we installed earlier is not replaced. Setting the
+ <envar>EXEEXT</envar> variable is equivilent to using the
+ <option>--program-suffix</option> with <command>configure</command>.
+ This results in this new <command>ld</command> program being named
<command>ld-new</command>. The <option>install-exec-local</option>
option tells <command>make</command> to only install the
executables, and not the manual pages or anything else.</para>
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