[Clfs-dev] Wobbly English in GIT-20110622-x86_64-Multilib

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Hideho again,

  @ 10.10.1 & 10.11.1 (Installation of GMP)  - we have the Note pertaining to  config.sub|config.guess ;

 " If you are compiling this package on a different CPU then you plan to run the CLFS system on. You must replace GMP's
            config.guess and config.sub wrappers with the originals. This will prevent GMP from optimizing for the wrong CPU. You can 
make this change with the following command: "

...that should perhaps read...

 "If you are compiling this package on a different CPU than you plan to run the CLFS system on, you must replace GMP's
            config.guess and config.sub wrappers with the originals. This will prevent GMP from optimizing for the wrong CPU. You can 
make this change with the following command: "

...it's a screwy bit of English, probably made worse by the formal ... (Note: (that) If you are compiling(for). . , (then) you must ..).
In any event, grammatically it should be a comma after 'on', not a period. In fact, I believe it to be correct English if carried
as a single sentence... ie; " If you are compiling this package on a different CPU than you plan to run the CLFS system on,
you must replace GMP's config.guess and config.sub wrappers with the originals, to prevent GMP from optimizing for
the wrong CPU. You can make this change with the following command: " ... yeah, that's valid structure... =)

..pedantically yours.. ;)


Don