Changeset 50dce170

Timestamp:

Jul 16, 2014, 9:47:54 PM (10 years ago)

Author:

Chris Staub <chris@…>

Branches:

clfs-3.0.0-systemd, master, systemd

Children:

4a8e706

Parents:

e8cb61f

Message:

More detailed explanation in cross-tools m4

File:

• BOOK/cross-tools/common/m4.xml (modified) (1 diff)

BOOK/cross-tools/common/m4.xml

@@ -23 +23 @@
     <title>Installation of M4</title>
 
-    <para>Here we will install an <command>m4</command> binary that can run on
-    the host system, as this program is required by GMP.</para>
+    <para>M4 is required to build GMP. We will compile and install an
+    <command>m4</command> program into
+    <filename class="directory">/cross-tools</filename>, so that we have a
+    known-good version which can be used to build GMP, both in
+    Cross-Tools and the Temporary System.</para>
 
     <para os="a">Prepare M4 for compilation:</para>