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 <para>Most programs and libraries by default are compiled with debugging
+symbols (gcc option -g) Let me explain what these debugging symbols
+are and why you may not want them.</para>
+symbols (gcc option -g).</para>
 <para>A program compiled with debugging symbols means a user can run a program
 …
 <para>Sizes vary depending on which compiler was used and which C library
 version was used to link dynamic programs against, but results will be
+similar if you compare programs with and without debugging symbols. After
+I was done with this chapter and stripped all debugging symbols from all LFS
+binaries I regained a little over 102 MB of disk space. Quite the
+difference.</para>
+similar if you compare programs with and without debugging symbols.</para>
 <para>To remove debugging symbols from a binary (must be an a.out or ELF
 …
 removing those symbols a lot of disk space can be regained.</para>
+<para>For your convenience, chapter 9 includes one simple command to strip
+all debugging symbols from all programs and libraries on your
+system.</para>
 <para>You might find additional information in the optimization hint which can
 be found at <ulink

chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml

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 mentioning that a patch for Tar can be downloaded which enables the tar
 program to compress and uncompress using bzip2/bunzip2 easily. With a
 plain tar a user has to use constructions like bzcat file.tar.bz|tar
+plain tar, you have to use constructions like bzcat file.tar.bz|tar
 xv or tar --use-compress-prog=bunzip2 -xvf file.tar.bz2 to use bzip2 and
 bunzip2 with tar. This patch gives the -j option so a user can unpack a
+bunzip2 with tar. This patch provides the -j option so you can unpack a
 Bzip2 archive with tar xvfj file.tar.bz2. Applying this patch will be
 mentioned later on when the Tar package is re-installed.</para>

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5	5	libraries, so there normally isn't a need for the
6	6	<filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename> file unless the system has extra
7		directories in which ~~a user wants the system to search for path~~s. The
	7	directories in which you want the system to search for libraries. The
8	8	<filename class="directory">/usr/local/lib</filename> directory isn't
9	9	searched through for dynamic libraries by default, so we want to add

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 <para>Note that the sed used in this installation only works if the line
+break is placed exactly where it is in the book.  Don't try and put it
+all on one line otherwise it won't work.  Install File by running the
+following commands:</para>
+break is placed exactly where it below. Don't try and put it
+all on one line otherwise it won't work.</para>
+<para>Install File by running the following commands:</para>
 <para><screen><userinput>cp readelf.h readelf.h.backup &amp;&amp;</userinput>

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 cache.  If this file doesn't exist, the installation will abort with an error
 that it can't read the file, so we simply create an empty file (the empty file
+will have Glibc default to using /lib and /usr/lib which is fine
+right now).</para>
+will have Glibc default to using /lib and /usr/lib which is fine).</para>
 <para><userinput>sed 's%\$(PERL)%/usr/bin/perl%'
 …
 root with the id 0. </para>
+<para><userinput>mv tmp~ login/Makefile:</userinput> Asabove, we are using a temporary file (<filename>tmp~</filename>) to store the
+<para><userinput>mv tmp~ login/Makefile:</userinput> As above, we are using
+a temporary file (<filename>tmp~</filename>) to store the
 edited Makefile and then copying it back over the original.</para>

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 <blockquote><screen>configure: warning:
 *** An auxiliary program is missing or too old;
+*** These auxiliary programs are missing or too old: msgfmt
 *** some features will be disabled.
 *** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.</screen></blockquote>
+<para> This warning refers to the missing msgfmt program from the
+gettext package, but it can safely be ignored in our case.  The glibc
+installation will not be affected.</para>
+<para>The missing msgfmt (from the gettext package which we will install
+later in this chapter) is not fatal. The files msgfmt would create are
+already pre-built, so you won't be missing out on anything. You would
+only need it if you make changes to the Glibc manual files. Since we
+don't do this by default, we can safely ignore it.</para>
 </sect2>

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19	19	<para><userinput>ln -sf libncurses.a libcurses.a:</userinput> Some
20	20	programs try to link using -lcurses instead of -lncurses. This symlink
21		ensures that ~~they will install correctly~~.</para>
	21	ensures that such programs will link without errors.</para>
22	22
23	23	<para><userinput>ln -sf ../../lib/libncurses.so etc:</userinput> These

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12	12	<para>There are other files in the <filename
13	13	class="directory">etc.sample</filename> directory which might be of
14		interest to ~~the user~~.</para>
	14	interest to you.</para>
15	15
16	16	</sect2>

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 <userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>
+<para>Net-tools <userinput>hostname</userinput> replaces that which was
+originally installed by sh-utils.  Sometimes the sh-utils version gets
+left behind as /bin/hostname.old so you may wish to remove it by running
+<para>The <userinput>hostname</userinput> from this package replaces the
+version that was originally installed by the sh-utils package. Sometimes
+the sh-utils version gets left behind as /bin/hostname.old so you may
+wish to remove it by running
 <userinput>rm /bin/hostname.old</userinput></para>

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6	6	the XConsole installation is disabled. Otherwise "Make install" tries to
7	7	copy the file XConsole to /usr/X11R6/lib/app-defaults. And that directory
8		does not exist, because X is not installed ~~yet~~.</para>
	8	does not exist, because X is not installed.</para>
9	9
10	10	</sect2>

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3	3
4	4	<para>If you have copied the NSS Library files from the normal Linux system
5		to the LFS system (because the normal system runs glibc-2.0) it's time to remove
	5	to the LFS system (because the normal system runs Glibc-2.0) it's time to remove
6	6	them now by running:</para>
7	7

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4	4	<para><userinput>sed 's/\(.\) (nflg \|\| \(.\))\(.*\)/\1\2\3/' src/useradd.c
5	5	> useradd.c.temp &&</userinput>: This sed is used to fix a
6		compilation bug which occurs due to a variable (nflg), being used but not
	6	compilation bug which occurs due to a variable (nflg) being used but not
7	7	defined.</para>
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