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14	14	<xref linkend="chapter-cross-tools"/> will be installed under
15	15	<filename class="directory">$LFS/cross-tools</filename> to keep them
16		separate from the host prograrms. The programs compiled here are
	16	separate from the host programs. The programs compiled here are
17	17	cross-tools and will not be a part of the final CLFS system or the
18	18	temp-system. By keeping these programs in a separate directory, they

BOOK/final-preps/settingenviron.xml

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   the chroot environment.</para>
+  <para os="j">By putting <filename class="directory">/cross-tools/bin</filename> ahead
+  of the standard <envar>PATH</envar>, all the programs installed in
+  <xref linkend="chapter-cross-tools"/> are picked up by the cross-compiler
+  immediately after their installation. This, combined with turning off
+  hashing, limits the risk that old programs are used from the host when
+  building a sane set of cross-compiler tools.</para>
+  <para os="j">By putting <filename class="directory">/cross-tools/bin</filename>
+  at the beginning of the <envar>PATH</envar>, the cross-compiler
+  built in <xref linkend="chapter-cross-tools"/> will be picked up by
+  the build process for the temp-system packages before anything that
+  may be installed on the host. This, combined with turning off
+  hashing, helps to ensure that you will be using the cross-compile
+  tools to build the temp-system in /tools.</para>
   <para os="k">Finally, to have the environment fully prepared for building the

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