Changeset 3b01cdd

Timestamp:

07/22/2004 12:25:29 AM (20 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

e4fef732

Parents:

5b5ecb9

Message:

Added Contents, Description and a note about setting env vars to the Tcl instructions

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@2486 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Files:

• general/prog/tcl.xml (modified) (3 diffs)
• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)

general/prog/tcl.xml

@@ -19 +19 @@
 <sect2>
 <title>Introduction to <application>Tcl</application></title>
-                                                                               
-<para>The <application>Tcl</application> package contains Tool Command Language.  </para>
-                                                                               
+
+<para>The <application>Tcl</application> package contains the Tool Command 
+Language, a robust general-purpose scripting language.</para>
+
 <sect3><title>Package information</title>
 <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
@@ -34 +35 @@
 &tcl-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
 </sect3>
-                                                                               
+
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2>
 <title>Installation of <application>Tcl</application></title>
-                                                                               
+
 <note><para>This package is also installed in <acronym>LFS</acronym>
 during the bootstrap phase. The significant difference between the
-two installations (other than installing to <filename class="directory">/usr</filename>) is to install
+two installations (other than installing to 
+<filename class="directory">/usr</filename>) is to install
 the package in such a way that there is no need to keep the build
 directory around after installation.</para></note>
-                                                                               
-<para>Install <application>Tcl</application> by running the following commands:</para>
-                                                                               
+
+<para>Install <application>Tcl</application> by running the following 
+commands:</para>
+
 <screen><userinput><command>VERSION=&tcl-version; &amp;&amp;
 V=`echo $VERSION | cut -d "." -f 1,2` &amp;&amp;
@@ -69 +72 @@
 ln -sf libtcl${V}.so /usr/lib/libtcl.so &amp;&amp;
 ln -sf tclsh${V} /usr/bin/tclsh</command></userinput></screen>
-                                                                               
+
+<note><para>If you build the package as one user, then switch to root to
+install the package, ensure you set the environment variables 
+<envar>V</envar> and <envar>VERSION</envar> before running the installation 
+commands.</para></note>
+
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2>
 <title>Command explanations</title>
-                                                                               
+
 <para><command>sed -i ...</command>: The <application>Tcl</application>
-package assumes that the source that is used to build <application>Tcl
-</application> is always kept around for compiling packages that depend on
-<application>Tcl</application>. These <command>sed</command>'s remove the
-reference to the build directory and replace them by saner system wide
-locations.</para>
-                                                                               
+package assumes that the source that is used to build 
+<application>Tcl</application> is always kept around for compiling packages 
+that depend on <application>Tcl</application>. These <command>sed</command>'s 
+remove the reference to the build directory and replace them by saner system 
+wide locations.</para>
+
 <para><command>install ...</command>: These commands install the internal
 headers into a system-wide location.</para>
-                                                                               
+
 <para><command>ln -sf ...</command>: These commands create compatibility
 symbolic links.</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Contents</title>
+                                                                               
+<para>The <application>Tcl</application> package contains
+<command>tclsh</command> and the 
+<filename class='libraryfile'>libtcl</filename> libraries.</para>
+                                                                               
+</sect2>
+                                                                               
+<sect2><title>Description</title>
+                                                                               
+<sect3><title>tclsh</title>
+<para><command>tclsh</command> is a simple shell containing the 
+<application>Tcl</application> interpreter.</para></sect3>
                                                                                
 </sect2>

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -20 +20 @@
 
 <listitem><para>July 21st, 2004 [randy]: Changed cp command to install for
-UnZip library installation; added optional dependencies to OpenSSL.</para>
+UnZip library installation; added optional dependencies to OpenSSL; added
+'Contents', 'Description' and a note about setting environment variables to
+the Tcl instructions.</para>
 </listitem>