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commit 8e9526ab76c9eb2cce26459f859f943b76bd02cf
Author: Chris Staub <chris at beaker67.com>
Date:   Tue Jun 17 02:27:50 2014 -0400

    Updated date

diff --git a/BOOK/general.ent b/BOOK/general.ent
index bef28ff..cae0244 100644
--- a/BOOK/general.ent
+++ b/BOOK/general.ent
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 <!ENTITY month "06"> <!-- Use two digits -->
 <!ENTITY month_name "June">
-<!ENTITY day "15"> <!-- Use two digits -->
+<!ENTITY day "17"> <!-- Use two digits -->
 <!ENTITY year "2014"> <!-- Use four digits -->
 
 <!ENTITY releasedate "&month_name; &day;, &year;">

commit 281686fda8bfd861ca4090d88bb599f27f890ab3
Author: Chris Staub <chris at beaker67.com>
Date:   Tue Jun 17 02:27:21 2014 -0400

    More detailed explanatory text in cross-tools File page. Thanks Martin Ward for the reminder

diff --git a/BOOK/cross-tools/common/file.xml b/BOOK/cross-tools/common/file.xml
index 5831622..de29a7c 100644
--- a/BOOK/cross-tools/common/file.xml
+++ b/BOOK/cross-tools/common/file.xml
@@ -22,8 +22,16 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of File</title>
 
-    <para>Here we install a native <command>file</command> program that can run
-    on the host system, as this program is needed by Binutils.</para>
+    <para>One method that <command>file</command> uses for identifying a given
+    file is to run <quote>magic tests</quote>, where it compares the file's
+    contents to data in <quote>magic files</quote>, which contain information
+    about a number of standard file formats. When File is compiled, it will run
+    <command>file -C</command> to combine the information from the
+    magic files in its source tree into a single <filename>magic.mgc</filename>
+    file, which it will use after it is installed. When we build File in 
+    <xref linkend="chapter-temp-system"/>, it will be cross-compiled, so it
+    will not be able to run the <command>file</command> program that it just
+    built, which means that we need one that will run on the host system.</para>
 
     <para>Prepare File for compilation:</para>
 

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Summary of changes:
 BOOK/cross-tools/common/file.xml |   12 ++++++++++--
 BOOK/general.ent                 |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


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