Changeset 1586494 for general/sysutils


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Timestamp:
12/22/2004 01:00:40 AM (19 years ago)
Author:
Randy McMurchy <randy@…>
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Spelling, grammar, tag and excessive whitespace corrections to various package instructions

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@3134 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

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  • general/sysutils/fcron.xml

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    1010<!ENTITY fcron-buildsize "3.4 MB">
    1111<!ENTITY fcron-time "0.10 SBU">
    12 
    1312]>
    1413
    … …  
    1918</sect1info>
    2019<?dbhtml filename="fcron.html"?>
    21 <title>Fcron-&fcron-version;</title>
     20<title><application>Fcron</application>-&fcron-version;</title>
    2221
    2322<sect2>
    2423<title>Introduction to <application>Fcron</application></title>
    25                                                                                
     24
    2625<para>The <application>Fcron</application> package contains a periodical
    2726command scheduler which aims at replacing <application>Vixie
    2827Cron</application>.</para>
    29                                                                                
     28
    3029<sect3><title>Package information</title>
    3130<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
    32 <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&fcron-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
    33 <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&fcron-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
     31<listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
     32<ulink url="&fcron-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
     33<listitem><para>Download (FTP):
     34<ulink url="&fcron-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
    3435<listitem><para>Download size: &fcron-size;</para></listitem>
    35 <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: &fcron-buildsize;</para></listitem>
    36 <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &fcron-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
     36<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
     37&fcron-buildsize;</para></listitem>
     38<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
     39&fcron-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
    3740</sect3>
    38                                                                                
     41
    3942<sect3><title><application>Fcron</application> dependencies</title>
    4043<sect4><title>Optional</title>
    41 <para>
    42 <ulink url="../server/mail.html">MTA</ulink>,
     44<para><ulink url="../server/mail.html">MTA</ulink>,
    4345<xref linkend="Linux_PAM"/>,
    4446<ulink url="http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/">SELinux</ulink>,
    4547<xref linkend="docbook-utils"/> and
    4648<ulink url="../postlfs/editors.html">a text editor</ulink> (default is
    47 <xref linkend="postlfs-editors-vim"/>)
    48 </para></sect4>
     49<xref linkend="postlfs-editors-vim"/>)</para>
     50</sect4>
    4951</sect3>
    50                                                                                
     52
    5153</sect2>
    5254
    5355<sect2>
    5456<title>Installation of <application>Fcron</application></title>
    55                                                                                
     57
    5658<para><application>Fcron</application> uses the cron facility of
    57 <command>syslog</command>
    58 to log all messages. Since <acronym>LFS</acronym> does not set up this
    59 facility in <filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename>, it needs to be done
    60 prior to installing <application>Fcron</application>. This command will append
    61 the necessary line to the current <filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename>:</para>                                                                               
     59<command>syslog</command> to log all messages. Since <acronym>LFS</acronym>
     60does not set up this facility in <filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename>, it
     61needs to be done prior to installing <application>Fcron</application>. This
     62command will append the necessary line to the current
     63<filename>/etc/syslog.conf</filename>:</para>
     64
    6265<screen><userinput><command>cat &gt;&gt; /etc/syslog.conf &lt;&lt; "EOF"
    6366# Begin fcron addition to /etc/syslog.conf
    64                                                                                
     67
    6568cron.* -/var/log/cron.log
    66                                                                                
     69
    6770# End fcron addition
    6871EOF</command></userinput></screen>
    69                                                                                
     72
    7073<para>The configuration file has been modified, so reloading the
    7174<command>sysklogd</command> daemon will activate the changes.</para>
    72                                                                                
     75
    7376<screen><userinput><command>/etc/rc.d/init.d/sysklogd reload</command></userinput></screen>
    74                                                                                
    75 <para>For security reasons, we need to create an unprivileged user and
    76 group for <application>fcron</application>:</para>
    77                                                                                
     77
     78<para>For security reasons, an unprivileged user and group for
     79<application>Fcron</application> should be created:</para>
     80
    7881<screen><userinput><command>groupadd fcron &amp;&amp;
    79 useradd -d /dev/null -g fcron -s /bin/false fcron</command></userinput></screen>
    80                                                                                
    81 <para>Install <application>Fcron</application> by running the following commands:</para>
     82useradd -d /dev/null -c "Fcron User" -g fcron -s /bin/false fcron</command></userinput></screen>
     83
     84<para>Install <application>Fcron</application> by running the following
     85commands:</para>
    8286
    8387<screen><userinput><command>./configure --without-sendmail --with-answer-all=no &amp;&amp;
    8488make &amp;&amp;
    8589make install</command></userinput></screen>
    86                                                                                
     90
    8791</sect2>
    8892
    8993<sect2>
    9094<title>Command explanations</title>
    91                                                                                
     95
    9296<para><option>--without-sendmail</option>: <application>Fcron</application>
    9397will use an installed <acronym>MTA</acronym> to email you the results of the
    … …  
    9599the switch to <parameter>--with-sendmail=<replaceable>[path to your
    96100MTA]</replaceable></parameter>.</para>
    97                                                                                
     101
    98102<para><parameter>--with-answer-all=no</parameter>: After the files are
    99103installed, the <command>make install</command> script enters into a
    100 configuration routine.  The first test will be whether to install a boot script in the <filename class="directory">/etc/rc.d/init.d</filename> directory with
    101 the appropriate symbolic links in run levels 2, 3, 4, and 5. The second is to
    102 stop any current fcron processes and start a new one. Since this is probably
    103 your first install and we want a boot script based upon the
    104 <acronym>BLFS</acronym> template, we answer 'n' to both tests.</para>
    105                                                                                
     104configuration routine.  The first test will be whether to install a boot
     105script in the <filename class="directory">/etc/rc.d/init.d</filename>
     106directory with the appropriate symbolic links in run levels 2, 3, 4, and 5.
     107The second is to stop any current fcron processes and start a new one. Since
     108this is probably your first install and a boot script based upon the
     109<acronym>BLFS</acronym> template is desired, answer 'n' to both tests.</para>
     110
    106111</sect2>
    107112
    108113<sect2>
    109114<title>Configuring <application>Fcron</application></title>
    110                                                                                
     115
    111116<sect3><title>Config files</title>
    112                                                                                
     117
    113118<para><filename>/etc/fcron.conf</filename>,
    114 <filename>/etc/fcron.allow</filename>,
     119<filename>/etc/fcron.allow</filename> and
    115120<filename>/etc/fcron.deny</filename></para>
    116                                                                                
     121
    117122</sect3>
    118                                                                                
     123
    119124<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
    120                                                                                
     125
    121126<para>There are no required changes in any of the config files.
    122127Configuration information can be found in the man page for
    123128<filename>fcron.conf</filename>.</para>
    124                                                                                
    125 <para><command>fcron</command> scripts are written using <command>fcrontab</command>.
    126 Refer to the fcrontab man page for proper parameters to address your situation.</para>
    127                                                                                
     129
     130<para><command>fcron</command> scripts are written using
     131<command>fcrontab</command>. Refer to the <command>fcrontab</command> man
     132page for proper parameters to address your situation.</para>
     133
    128134<para>Install the <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/fcron</filename>
    129 init script from the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/> package.</para>
    130                                                                                
     135init script from the <xref linkend="intro-important-bootscripts"/>
     136package.</para>
     137
    131138<screen><userinput><command>make install-fcron</command></userinput></screen>
    132                                                                                
     139
    133140</sect3>
    134                                                                                
     141
    135142</sect2>
    136143
    137144<sect2>
    138145<title>Contents</title>
    139                                                                                
     146
    140147<para>The <application>Fcron</application> package contains
    141 <command>fcron</command>, <command>fcrontab</command>, <command>fcronsighup
    142 </command> and <command>fcrondyn.</command></para>
    143                                                                                
     148<command>fcron</command>, <command>fcrontab</command>,
     149<command>fcronsighup</command> and <command>fcrondyn</command>.</para>
     150
    144151</sect2>
    145                                                                                
     152
    146153<sect2><title>Description</title>
    147                                                                                
     154
    148155<sect3><title>fcron</title>
    149 <para><command>fcron</command> is the scheduling daemon.
    150 </para></sect3>
    151                                                                                
     156<para><command>fcron</command> is the scheduling daemon.</para></sect3>
     157
    152158<sect3><title>fcrontab</title>
    153159<para><command>fcrontab</command> is the program used to install, edit, list
    154160and remove the tables used by <command>fcron</command>.</para></sect3>
    155                                                                                
     161
    156162<sect3><title>fcronsighup</title>
    157163<para><command>fcronsighup</command> instructs <command>fcron</command> to
    158164reread the fcron tables.</para></sect3>
    159                                                                                
     165
    160166<sect3><title>fcrondyn</title>
    161167<para><command>fcrondyn</command> is a user tool intended to interact with a
    162168running <command>fcron</command> daemon.</para></sect3>
    163                                                                                
     169
    164170</sect2>
    165171

  • general/sysutils/pkgconfig.xml

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    66
    77<!ENTITY pkgconfig-download-http "http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/releases/pkgconfig-&pkgconfig-version;.tar.gz">
    8 <!ENTITY pkgconfig-download-ftp " ">
     8<!ENTITY pkgconfig-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.fu-berlin.de/unix/linux/mirrors/gentoo/distfiles/pkgconfig-&pkgconfig-version;.tar.gz">
    99<!ENTITY pkgconfig-size "604 KB">
    1010<!ENTITY pkgconfig-buildsize "5.2 MB">
    … …  
    1818</sect1info>
    1919<?dbhtml filename="pkgconfig.html"?>
    20 <title>pkgconfig-&pkgconfig-version;</title>
     20<title><application>pkgconfig</application>-&pkgconfig-version;</title>
    2121
    2222<sect2>
    … …  
    2929<sect3><title>Package information</title>
    3030<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
    31 <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&pkgconfig-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
    32 <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&pkgconfig-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
     31<listitem><para>Download (HTTP):
     32<ulink url="&pkgconfig-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
     33<listitem><para>Download (FTP):
     34<ulink url="&pkgconfig-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
    3335<listitem><para>Download size: &pkgconfig-size;</para></listitem>
    34 <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &pkgconfig-buildsize;</para></listitem>
    35 <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &pkgconfig-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
     36<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
     37&pkgconfig-buildsize;</para></listitem>
     38<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
     39&pkgconfig-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
    3640</sect3>
    3741
    … …  
    5458
    5559<para>The default setting for <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar> is
    56 <filename>/usr/lib/pkgconfig</filename> because of the prefix we use to
     60<filename>/usr/lib/pkgconfig</filename> because of the prefix used to
    5761install pkgconfig.  You may add to <envar>PKG_CONFIG_PATH</envar> by exporting
    5862additional paths on your system where <application>pkgconfig</application>

  • general/sysutils/which.xml

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    1818</sect1info>
    1919<?dbhtml filename="which.html"?>
    20 <title>which-&which-version; and alternatives</title>
     20<title><application>which</application>-&which-version; and alternatives</title>
    2121
    22 <para>The presence or absence of the which program in the main <acronym>LFS
    23 </acronym> book is probably one of the most contentious issues we have on the
    24 mailing lists.  It has resulted in at least one flame war in the past.
    25 To hopefully put an end to this once and for all, we here present two of
    26 the options for equipping your system with "which". The question of which "which"
     22<para>The presence or absence of the which program in the main
     23<acronym>LFS</acronym> book is probably one of the most contentious issues on
     24the mailing lists.  It has resulted in at least one flame war in the past.
     25To hopefully put an end to this once and for all, presented here are two
     26options for equipping your system with "which". The question of which "which"
    2727is for you to decide.</para>
    2828
    … …  
    3232<sect2>
    3333<title>Introduction to <application>which</application></title>
    34                                                                                
     34
    3535<sect3><title>Package information</title>
    3636<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
    … …  
    4040url="&which-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
    4141<listitem><para>Download size: &which-size;</para></listitem>
    42 <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
     42<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
    4343&which-buildsize;</para></listitem>
    4444<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
    4545&which-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
    4646</sect3>
    47                                                                                
    48                                                                                
     47
    4948</sect2>
    5049
    5150<sect2>
    5251<title>Installation of <application>which</application></title>
    53                                                                                
     52
    5453<para>Install <application>which</application> by running the following
    5554commands:</para>
    56                                                                                
     55
    5756<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
    5857make &amp;&amp;
    5958make install</command></userinput></screen>
    60                                                                                
     59
    6160</sect2>
    62 
    6361
    6462<sect2>
    6563<title>Contents</title>
    66                                                                                
    67 <para>The <application>which</application> package contains <command>which</command>.</para>
    68                                                                                
     64
     65<para>The <application>which</application> package contains
     66<command>which</command>.</para>
     67
    6968</sect2>
    70                                                                                
     69
    7170<sect2><title>Description</title>
    72                                                                                
     71
    7372<sect3><title>which</title>
    7473<para><command>which</command> shows the full path of (shell) commands.</para>
    7574</sect3>
    76                                                                                
     75
    7776</sect2>
    7877
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