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       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Added explanation for --disable-libssp to GCC
+          in Chapter 5.  Also expanded/added explanation on language selection
+                                        for GCC in Chapters 5 and 6.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[bdubbs] - Wording changes to several text sections of Chapter 5.
+          Thanks to Chris Staub for the patch.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[bdubbs] - Added a consolidated patch to perl to address security
                                         and othe rissues.  Canged the configure options for perl to define
                                         a venor library location.</para>
+          and other issues.  Changed the configure options for perl to define
+          a vendor library location.</para>
         </listitem>
       </itemizedlist>

chapter05/coreutils.xml

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     <para>The above command refuses to install <filename>su</filename>
     because it cannot install it setuid root as a non-privileged user. By
     manually installing it with a different name, we can use it for running
     tests in the final system as a non-privileged user and we keep a possibly
     useful <command>su</command> from our host first place in our PATH. Install
     it with:</para>
+    because the program cannot be installed setuid root as a non-privileged
+    user. By manually installing it with a different name, we can use it for
+    running tests in the final system as a non-privileged user and we keep a
+    possibly useful <command>su</command> from our host first in our PATH.
+    Install it with:</para>
 <screen><userinput remap="install">cp -v src/su /tools/bin/su-tools</userinput></screen>

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 <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
+    <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
+<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
+    <para>This package does come with a test suite, however, it cannot be
+    run at this time because we do not have a C++ compiler yet.</para>
   </sect2>

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       <varlistentry>
+        <term><parameter>--disable-libssp</parameter></term>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>This switch prevents a conflict with older versions of
+          glibc which can cause the build to fail.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+      <varlistentry>
         <term><parameter>--enable-languages=c</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
+          <para>This option ensures that only the C compiler is built.</para>
+          <para>This option ensures that only the C compiler is built.
+          This is the only language needed now.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>

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 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
-    <para>There is no need to use the <parameter>bootstrap</parameter> target
-    now because the compiler being used to compile this GCC was built from
-    the exact same version of the GCC sources used earlier.</para>
     <para>Compilation is now complete. As previously mentioned, running the test
     suites for the temporary tools compiled in this chapter is not mandatory.

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 <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
+    <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
+    <para>This package has a test suite, but it can only be run after the
+    package has been installed.  The tests reside in the
+    <filename class="directory">test/</filename> directory.  See the
+    <filename>README</filename> file in that directory for further details.
+    </para>
     <para>Install the package:</para>

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 strip --strip-unneeded /tools/{,s}bin/*</userinput></screen>
+  <para>The last of the above commands will skip some twenty files,
+  reporting that it does not recognize their file format. Most of these
+  are scripts instead of binaries.</para>
+  <para>These commands will skip a number of files, reporting that it does not
+  recognize their file format. Most of these are scripts instead of binaries.</para>
   <para>Take care <emphasis>not</emphasis> to use

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   <filename class="directory">/tools/lib</filename>.</para>
   <para>The need to use the new dynamic linker is also the reason why
   the Specs patch is applied for the second pass of GCC. Failure to do
+  <para>For the second pass of GCC, its sources also need to be modified
+  to tell GCC to use the new dynamic linker. Failure to do
   so will result in the GCC programs themselves having the name of the
   dynamic linker from the host system's <filename

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61	61	<listitem>
62	62	<para>When building only a subset of the package, the
63		<filename class="libraryfile">libuuid.so</filename> library is not
	63	<filename class="libraryfile">libuuid.a</filename> library is not
64	64	pulled into the build as it is supposed to. This command overrides
65	65	the default from the <filename>Makefile</filename>.</para>

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     --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++ \
     --disable-bootstrap</userinput></screen>
+    <para>Note that for other languages, there are some prerequsites that
+    are not available.  See the BLFS Book for instructions on how to
+    build all the GCC supported languages.</para>
     <para>Compile the package:</para>

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