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authorArnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>2012-11-27 11:59:17 +0000
committerPeter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>2012-11-27 17:07:42 -0800
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manual: various fixes
Various consistency and correctness improvements. Also removing some sentences that are not or no longer relevant. Signed-off-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be> Acked-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ processor. Under most Linux systems, the compilation toolchain uses
the GNU libc (glibc) as the C standard library. This compilation
toolchain is called the "host compilation toolchain". The machine on
which it is running, and on which you're working, is called the "host
-system".
+system" footnote:[This terminology differs from what is used by GNU
+configure, where the host is the machine on which the application will
+run (which is usually the same as target)].
The compilation toolchain is provided by your distribution, and
Buildroot has nothing to do with it (other than using it to build a