Changeset 6dff9ef for chapter06/binutils-pass2.xml

Timestamp:

11/04/2022 12:29:02 AM (18 months ago)

Author:

David Bryant <davidbryant@…>

Branches:

11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, bdubbs/gcc13, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

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Parents:

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git-author:

David Bryant <davidbryant@…> (11/04/2022 12:24:54 AM)

git-committer:

David Bryant <davidbryant@…> (11/04/2022 12:29:02 AM)

Message:

Edit English idiom. punctuation, etc., throughout chapter 6.

File:

• chapter06/binutils-pass2.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter06/binutils-pass2.xml

@@ -46 +46 @@
     <!-- Don't remove this until Binutils upstream updates the libtool
          copy.  On some host distros the issue doesn't show up.  -->
-    <para>Binutils ships an outdated libtool copy in the tarball.  It lacks
-    sysroot support so the produced binaries will be mistakenly linked to
-    libraries from the host distro.  Workaround this issue:</para>
+    <para>Binutils ships an outdated copy of libtool in the tarball.  It lacks
+    sysroot support, so the produced binaries will be mistakenly linked to
+    libraries from the host distro.  Work around this issue:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed '6009s/$add_dir//' -i ltmain.sh</userinput></screen>
@@ -84 +84 @@
         <term><parameter>--enable-64-bit-bfd</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Enables 64-bit support (on hosts with narrower word sizes).
-          May not be needed on 64-bit systems, but does no harm.</para>
+          <para>Enables 64-bit support (on hosts with smaller word sizes).
+          This may not be needed on 64-bit systems, but it does no harm.</para>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>