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@@ -20,19 +20,19 @@ build the actual system. Some of these packages are needed to resolve
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circular dependencies. For example, to compile a compiler you need a
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compiler.</para>
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-<para>The first thing that will be done in Chapter 5 is building the
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-toolchain, which is made up of Binutils, GCC and Glibc. The programs from
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-these packages will be linked statically in order for them to be
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-independent of the host system.</para>
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+<para>The first thing to be done in Chapter 5 is build a first pass of the
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+toolchain, which is made up of Binutils and GCC. The programs from these
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+packages will be linked statically in order for them to be used independently
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+of the host system. The second thing to do is build Glibc, the C library.
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+Glibc will be built with the toolchain programs we just built in the first
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+pass.</para>
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-<para>When the first toolchain is built, you will rebuild those three
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-packages again, this time using the toolchain we just built, rather than
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-the host system's toolchain. In particular, all programs will be linked
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-against the new Glibc rather than the host system's Glibc. All subsequent
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-packages in Chapter 5 will be built and linked using this second toolchain
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-installation. When this is done (building the second toolchain), the LFS
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-installation process will no longer depend on the host distribution, with
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-the exception of the running kernel.</para>
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+<para>The next thing to do is build a second pass of the toolchain. This
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+time the toolchain will be dynamically linked against the newly built Glibc.
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+The remaining Chapter 5 packages are all built using this second pass
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+toolchain and dynamically linked against the new Glibc. When this is done,
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+the LFS installation process will no longer depend on the host distribution,
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+with the exception of the running kernel.</para>
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<para>In Chapter 6 the real LFS system will be built. The
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chroot (change root) program is used to enter a virtual environment and
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Greg Schafer