Changeset cbd8a1a2 for prologue/architecture.xml

Timestamp:

01/31/2010 10:21:06 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…>

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Children:

026a89b

Parents:

8c264a8

Message:

Reword paragraph in 'Target Architectures' discussing multi-lib systems

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9174 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• prologue/architecture.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

prologue/architecture.xml

@@ -41 +41 @@
 <para>The default 64-bit build that results from LFS is considered a "pure"
 64-bit system. That is, it supports 64-bit executables only. Building a
-"multi-lib" system requires compiling many applications twice, once for a 32-bit
-system and once for a 64-bit system. Currently this is not directly supported
-in the book, but is under consideration for a future release. In the meantime,
-you can refer to the <ulink url="http://trac.cross-lfs.org/">Cross Linux From
-Scratch</ulink> project for this advanced topic.</para>
+"multi-lib" system requires compiling many applications twice, once for a
+32-bit system and once for a 64-bit system. This is not directly supported in
+LFS becuase it would interfere with the educational objective of providing the
+instructions needed for a straight forward base Linux system.  You can refer to
+the <ulink url="http://trac.cross-lfs.org/">Cross Linux From Scratch</ulink>
+project for this advanced topic.</para>
 
 <para>There is one last comment about 64-bit systems. There are some packages
@@ -53 +54 @@
 system.  Examples include the  <ulink
 url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/">Beyond Linux From Scratch
-(BLFS)</ulink> packages Zip and some Xorg drivers. Many of these problems can
+(BLFS)</ulink> some Xorg drivers. Many of these problems can
 be worked around, but may require some specialized procedures or
 patches.</para>