Changes in BOOK/cross-tools/common/file.xml [dabbced:8ef4836]

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• BOOK/cross-tools/common/file.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

BOOK/cross-tools/common/file.xml

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-<sect1 id="ch-cross-tools-file">
+<sect1 id="ch-cross-tools-file" role="wrap">
   <?dbhtml filename="file.html"?>
 
@@ -25 +25 @@
     <para>Prepare File for compilation:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/cross-tools</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/cross-tools --disable-static</userinput></screen>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <title>The meaning of the configure options:</title>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--prefix=/cross-tools</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This tells the configure script to prepare to install the
+          package in the <filename class="directory">/cross-tools</filename>
+          directory.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--disable-static</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This tells the File package not to compile or install static
+          libraries, which are not needed for the Cross-Tools</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+    </variablelist>
 
     <para>Compile the package:</para>