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diff --git a/Build/source/doc/build.texi b/Build/source/doc/build.texi index 9462dd09205..bdf8fc70fad 100644 --- a/Build/source/doc/build.texi +++ b/Build/source/doc/build.texi @@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ build tools. @subsubsection @code{--enable-@var{prog}}, @code{--disable-@var{prog}} -Do or do not not build and install the program(s) of the module @code{@var{prog}}. +Do or do not build and install the program(s) of the module @code{@var{prog}}. @subsubsection @code{--disable-all-pkgs} @@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ system. In simple cases the build system can execute binaries for the host system. This typically occurs for bi-arch systems where, e.g., @code{i386-linux} binaries can run on @code{x86_64-linux} systems and @code{win32} binaries -can run on @code{win64} systems. ALthough sometimes called "native cross", +can run on @code{win64} systems. Although sometimes called "native cross", this is technically no cross compilation. In most such cases it suffices to specify suitable compiler flags. It might be useful to add the configure option @code{--build=@var{host}} to get the correct canonical host name, but @@ -944,8 +944,8 @@ An other problem arises if the build process must execute some (auxiliary or installable) programs. Auxiliary programs can be placed into a subdirectory that is configured natively as is done for @file{texk/dvipsk/squeeze}, @file{texk/web2c/web2c}, and @file{texk/xdvik/squeeze}. The module -@file{libs/freetype} uses the value of @code{CC_BUILD}, @file{gcc} with or -without the build system as prefix, or @file{cc} as compiler for the +@file{libs/freetype} uses the value of @code{CC_BUILD}, +@file{@var{build}-gcc}, @file{gcc}, or @file{cc} as compiler for the auxiliary program. The situation for installable programs needed by the build process is @@ -960,6 +960,8 @@ the WEB or CWEB programs in this module requires sufficiently recent installed versions of @file{tangle}, @file{ctangle}, @file{otangle}, and @file{tie}. +Building @code{xindy} requires to run the host system @file{clisp} binary, +thus cross compilation is not possible. @node Coding Rules @section Coding Rules for @TL{} |