Changeset a71ee9cb for introduction/welcome
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introduction/welcome/acknowledgments.xml
r24ca7aa ra71ee9cb 21 21 <itemizedlist> 22 22 <listitem> 23 <para>All those people listed on the Credits page for submitting patches, 24 instructions and corrections to the book. The former editor would especially 23 <para>All those people listed on the Credits page for submitting patches, 24 instructions and corrections to the book. The former editor would especially 25 25 like to thank Bruce, Larry and Billy for their enormous inputs to the project.</para> 26 26 </listitem> 27 27 <listitem> 28 28 <para><ulink url="mailto:strider@linux.com">Mark Stone</ulink> 29 <mstone <at> linux.com> for donating the linuxfromscratch.org 29 <mstone <at> linux.com> for donating the linuxfromscratch.org 30 30 servers.</para> 31 31 </listitem> … … 38 38 <para><ulink url="mailto:highos@linuxfromscratch.org">Jesse 39 39 Tie-Ten-Quee</ulink> <higho <at> @linuxfromscratch.org> for answering 40 many questions on IRC, having a great deal of patience and for not killing 40 many questions on IRC, having a great deal of patience and for not killing 41 41 the former editor for the joke in the original BLFS announcement!</para> 42 42 </listitem> … … 52 52 <listitem> 53 53 <para><ulink url="mailto:bkenoah@oswd.org">Frank Skettino</ulink> 54 <bkenoah <at> oswd.org> at <ulink url="http://www.oswd.org">OSWD</ulink> for 54 <bkenoah <at> oswd.org> at <ulink url="http://www.oswd.org">OSWD</ulink> for 55 55 coming up the initial design of the LFS and BLFS websites.</para> 56 56 </listitem> … … 60 60 </listitem> 61 61 <listitem> 62 <para>Jeff Bauman (former co-editor of the book) for his assistance 62 <para>Jeff Bauman (former co-editor of the book) for his assistance 63 63 with getting BLFS off the ground.</para> 64 64 </listitem> 65 65 <listitem> 66 <para>Countless other people on the various LFS 67 and BLFS mailing lists who are making this book happen by 66 <para>Countless other people on the various LFS 67 and BLFS mailing lists who are making this book happen by 68 68 giving their suggestions, testing the book and submitting bug reports.</para> 69 69 </listitem> -
introduction/welcome/askhelp.xml
r24ca7aa ra71ee9cb 17 17 18 18 <para>If you encounter a problem while using this book, and your problem 19 is not listed in the FAQ (<ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq"/>), 20 you will find that most of the people on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and on the 21 mailing lists are willing to help you. An overview of the LFS mailing 22 lists can be found in <xref linkend="intro-welcome-maillists"/>. To assist us 23 in diagnosing and solving your problem, include as much relevant information as 19 is not listed in the FAQ (<ulink url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq"/>), 20 you will find that most of the people on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and on the 21 mailing lists are willing to help you. An overview of the LFS mailing 22 lists can be found in <xref linkend="intro-welcome-maillists"/>. To assist us 23 in diagnosing and solving your problem, include as much relevant information as 24 24 possible in your request for help.</para> 25 25 … … 36 36 should use <command>lsmod</command> as root to see if it's loaded. Check the 37 37 <filename>sys.log</filename> or run <command>modprobe <driver> 38 </command> to review any error message. If it loads properly, you may need 38 </command> to review any error message. If it loads properly, you may need 39 39 to add the <command>modprobe</command> to your boot scripts.</para> 40 40 </listitem> 41 41 <listitem> 42 <para>Are your permissions properly set, especially for devices? LFS 43 uses groups to make these settings easier, but it also adds the step of 44 adding users to groups to allow access. A simple <command>moduser 45 -G audio <user></command> may be all that's necessary for that 46 user to have access to the sound system. Any question that starts 42 <para>Are your permissions properly set, especially for devices? LFS 43 uses groups to make these settings easier, but it also adds the step of 44 adding users to groups to allow access. A simple <command>moduser 45 -G audio <user></command> may be all that's necessary for that 46 user to have access to the sound system. Any question that starts 47 47 out with "It works as root, but not as ..." requires a thorough review 48 48 of permissions prior to asking.</para> 49 49 </listitem> 50 50 <listitem> 51 <para>BLFS liberally uses <filename>/opt/<package></filename>. 52 The main objection to this centers around the need to expand your 51 <para>BLFS liberally uses <filename>/opt/<package></filename>. 52 The main objection to this centers around the need to expand your 53 53 environment variables for each package placed there (e.g., 54 54 PATH=$PATH:/opt/kde/bin). In some cases, the package will walk you 55 55 through the changes, but some will not. The section called "<ulink 56 url="beyond.html">Going Beyond BLFS</ulink>" is available to help 56 url="beyond.html">Going Beyond BLFS</ulink>" is available to help 57 57 you check.</para> 58 58 </listitem> … … 83 83 84 84 <para>(Note that saying that you've deviated from the book doesn't mean 85 that we won't help you. It'll just help us to see other possible causes 85 that we won't help you. It'll just help us to see other possible causes 86 86 of your problem.)</para> 87 87 88 88 <para>Expect guidance instead of specific instructions. If you are 89 89 instructed to read something, please do so. It generally implies that 90 the answer was way too obvious and that the question would not have 91 been asked if a little research was done prior to asking. The volunteers 92 in the mailing list prefer not to be used as an alternative to doing 93 reasonable research on your end. In addition, the quality of your 94 experience with BLFS is also greatly enhanced by this research, and 95 the quality of volunteers is enhanced because they don't feel that their 90 the answer was way too obvious and that the question would not have 91 been asked if a little research was done prior to asking. The volunteers 92 in the mailing list prefer not to be used as an alternative to doing 93 reasonable research on your end. In addition, the quality of your 94 experience with BLFS is also greatly enhanced by this research, and 95 the quality of volunteers is enhanced because they don't feel that their 96 96 time has been abused, so they are far more likely to participate.</para> 97 97 98 98 <para>An excellent article on asking for help on the Internet in general 99 has been written by Eric S. Raymond. It is available online at 99 has been written by Eric S. Raymond. It is available online at 100 100 <ulink url="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html"/>. 101 101 Read and follow the hints in that document and you are much more likely -
introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
r24ca7aa ra71ee9cb 38 38 39 39 <listitem> 40 <para>May 29th, 2005 [randy]: Updated to Gnumeric-1.4.3 and changed the 40 <para>May 29th, 2005 [randy]: Updated to Gnumeric-1.4.3 and changed the 41 41 installation path to /usr (thanks to Bruce Dubbs, David Jensen and Jody 42 42 Goldberg for their input); added popt to the libgnomeprint depedencies, … … 54 54 55 55 <listitem> 56 <para>May 25th, 2005 [randy]: Updated installation commands in the 56 <para>May 25th, 2005 [randy]: Updated installation commands in the 57 57 FreeTTS instructions.</para> 58 58 </listitem> 59 59 60 60 <listitem> 61 <para>May 23rd, 2005 [randy]: Updated to libgail-gnome-1.1.1 and 61 <para>May 23rd, 2005 [randy]: Updated to libgail-gnome-1.1.1 and 62 62 Java Access Bridge-1.4.5.</para> 63 63 </listitem> -
introduction/welcome/contact.xml
r24ca7aa ra71ee9cb 16 16 <title>Contact Information</title> 17 17 18 <para>Please direct your emails to one of the BLFS mailing lists. See 19 <xref linkend="intro-welcome-maillists"/> for more information on 18 <para>Please direct your emails to one of the BLFS mailing lists. See 19 <xref linkend="intro-welcome-maillists"/> for more information on 20 20 the available mailing lists.</para> 21 21 -
introduction/welcome/conventions.xml
r24ca7aa ra71ee9cb 22 22 23 23 <blockquote> 24 <para>This form of text is designed to be typed exactly 25 as seen unless otherwise noted in the surrounding text. It is also used 24 <para>This form of text is designed to be typed exactly 25 as seen unless otherwise noted in the surrounding text. It is also used 26 26 in the explanation sections to identify references to specific commands.</para> 27 27 </blockquote> 28 28 29 <screen><computeroutput>install-info: unknown option 29 <screen><computeroutput>install-info: unknown option 30 30 `--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'</computeroutput></screen> 31 31 32 32 <blockquote> 33 <para>This form of text (fixed width text) is showing screen 34 output, probably as the result of commands issued and is also used to 33 <para>This form of text (fixed width text) is showing screen 34 output, probably as the result of commands issued and is also used to 35 35 show filenames such as <filename>/boot/grub/grub.conf</filename></para> 36 36 </blockquote> … … 39 39 40 40 <blockquote> 41 <para>This form of text is used for several purposes in the 42 book but mainly to emphasize important points or to give examples as to 41 <para>This form of text is used for several purposes in the 42 book but mainly to emphasize important points or to give examples as to 43 43 what to type.</para> 44 44 </blockquote> … … 47 47 48 48 <blockquote> 49 <para>This form of text is used for hypertext links, both within 49 <para>This form of text is used for hypertext links, both within 50 50 the book and to external pages such as HowTo's, download locations, 51 51 websites, etc.</para> … … 59 59 60 60 <blockquote> 61 <para>This type of section is used mainly when creating 62 configuration files. The first command (in bold) tells the system to create 63 the file <filename>$LFS/etc/group</filename> from whatever is typed on the 64 following lines until the sequence EOF is encountered. 61 <para>This type of section is used mainly when creating 62 configuration files. The first command (in bold) tells the system to create 63 the file <filename>$LFS/etc/group</filename> from whatever is typed on the 64 following lines until the sequence EOF is encountered. 65 65 Therefore, this whole section is generally typed as seen.</para> 66 66 </blockquote> -
introduction/welcome/credits.xml
r24ca7aa ra71ee9cb 16 16 <title>Credits</title> 17 17 18 <para>Many people have contributed both directly and indirectly to 18 <para>Many people have contributed both directly and indirectly to 19 19 BLFS. This page lists all of those we can think of. We may well have 20 20 left people out and if you feel this is the case, drop us line. Many 21 thanks to all of the LFS community for their assistance with 21 thanks to all of the LFS community for their assistance with 22 22 this project. If you are in the list and wish to have your email address 23 23 included, again please drop us a line to &maintainer-address; and we'll … … 30 30 <itemizedlist> 31 31 <listitem> 32 <para><emphasis>Editor:</emphasis> Bruce Dubbs <ulink 32 <para><emphasis>Editor:</emphasis> Bruce Dubbs <ulink 33 33 url="mailto:&maintainer-address;"><&maintainer-address;></ulink></para> 34 34 </listitem> 35 35 <listitem> 36 <para><emphasis>Co-Editors:</emphasis> Randy McMurchy, 36 <para><emphasis>Co-Editors:</emphasis> Randy McMurchy, 37 37 Larry Lawrence, Igor Zivkovic, DJ Lucas, and Manuel Canales Esparcia.</para> 38 38 </listitem> … … 47 47 48 48 <listitem> 49 <para>Chapter 01. Based on the LFS introductory text by 50 <emphasis> Gerard Beekmans</emphasis>, modified by 49 <para>Chapter 01. Based on the LFS introductory text by 50 <emphasis> Gerard Beekmans</emphasis>, modified by 51 51 <emphasis>Mark Hymers</emphasis> for BLFS.</para> 52 52 </listitem> 53 53 54 54 <listitem> 55 <para>Chapter 02: The /usr versus /usr/local debate: 55 <para>Chapter 02: The /usr versus /usr/local debate: 56 56 <emphasis>Andrew McMurry</emphasis>.</para> 57 57 </listitem> 58 58 59 59 <listitem> 60 <para>Chapter 02: Going beyond BLFS: 60 <para>Chapter 02: Going beyond BLFS: 61 61 <emphasis>Tushar Teredesai</emphasis>.</para> 62 62 </listitem> 63 63 64 64 <listitem> 65 <para>Chapter 02: Package Management: 65 <para>Chapter 02: Package Management: 66 66 <emphasis>Tushar Teredesai</emphasis>.</para> 67 67 </listitem> 68 68 69 69 <listitem> 70 <para>Chapter 03: /etc/inputrc: 70 <para>Chapter 03: /etc/inputrc: 71 71 <emphasis>Chris Lynn</emphasis>.</para> 72 72 </listitem> 73 73 74 74 <listitem> 75 <para>Chapter 03: Customizing your logon & vimrc: 75 <para>Chapter 03: Customizing your logon & vimrc: 76 76 <emphasis>Mark Hymers</emphasis>.</para> 77 77 </listitem> 78 78 79 79 <listitem> 80 <para>Chapter 03: /etc/shells: 80 <para>Chapter 03: /etc/shells: 81 81 <emphasis>Igor Zivkovic</emphasis>.</para> 82 82 </listitem> 83 83 84 84 <listitem> 85 <para>Chapter 03: Random number script 85 <para>Chapter 03: Random number script 86 86 <emphasis>Larry Lawrence</emphasis>.</para> 87 87 </listitem> 88 88 89 89 <listitem> 90 <para>Chapter 03: Creating a Custom Boot Device 91 <emphasis>Bruce Dubbs</emphasis>.</para> 92 </listitem> 93 94 <listitem> 95 <para>Chapter 03: The Bash Shell Startup Files 96 <emphasis>James Robertson</emphasis> revised by 97 <emphasis>Bruce Dubbs</emphasis>.</para> 98 </listitem> 99 100 <listitem> 101 <para>Chapter 03: Compressed docs 90 <para>Chapter 03: Creating a Custom Boot Device 91 <emphasis>Bruce Dubbs</emphasis>.</para> 92 </listitem> 93 94 <listitem> 95 <para>Chapter 03: The Bash Shell Startup Files 96 <emphasis>James Robertson</emphasis> revised by 97 <emphasis>Bruce Dubbs</emphasis>.</para> 98 </listitem> 99 100 <listitem> 101 <para>Chapter 03: Compressed docs 102 102 <emphasis>Olivier Peres</emphasis>.</para> 103 103 </listitem> 104 104 105 105 <listitem> 106 <para>Chapter 04: Firewalling: 107 <emphasis>Henning Rohde</emphasis> with thanks to 108 <emphasis>Jeff Bauman</emphasis>. Revised by 109 <emphasis>Bruce Dubbs</emphasis>.</para> 110 </listitem> 111 112 <listitem> 113 <para>Chapter 11: Which 114 <emphasis>Mark Hymers</emphasis> with many thanks to 115 <emphasis>Seth Klein</emphasis> and 106 <para>Chapter 04: Firewalling: 107 <emphasis>Henning Rohde</emphasis> with thanks to 108 <emphasis>Jeff Bauman</emphasis>. Revised by 109 <emphasis>Bruce Dubbs</emphasis>.</para> 110 </listitem> 111 112 <listitem> 113 <para>Chapter 11: Which 114 <emphasis>Mark Hymers</emphasis> with many thanks to 115 <emphasis>Seth Klein</emphasis> and 116 116 <emphasis>Jesse Tie-Ten-Quee</emphasis>.</para> 117 117 </listitem> 118 118 119 119 <listitem> 120 <para>Chapter 25: X Window System Environment: 121 <emphasis>Bruce Dubbs</emphasis>.</para> 122 </listitem> 123 124 <listitem> 125 <para>Chapter 27: Intro to Window Managers: 126 <emphasis>Bruce Dubbs</emphasis>.</para> 127 </listitem> 128 129 <listitem> 130 <para>Chapters 28 and 29: KDE: 131 <emphasis>Bruce Dubbs</emphasis>.</para> 132 </listitem> 133 134 <listitem> 135 <para>Chapters 30, 31, and 32: GNOME: 120 <para>Chapter 25: X Window System Environment: 121 <emphasis>Bruce Dubbs</emphasis>.</para> 122 </listitem> 123 124 <listitem> 125 <para>Chapter 27: Intro to Window Managers: 126 <emphasis>Bruce Dubbs</emphasis>.</para> 127 </listitem> 128 129 <listitem> 130 <para>Chapters 28 and 29: KDE: 131 <emphasis>Bruce Dubbs</emphasis>.</para> 132 </listitem> 133 134 <listitem> 135 <para>Chapters 30, 31, and 32: GNOME: 136 136 <emphasis>Larry Lawrence</emphasis>.</para> 137 137 </listitem> … … 148 148 <listitem> 149 149 <para>aalib, Alsa, ffmpeg, gocr, MPlayer, opendivx, transcode, 150 xvid and xsane: 150 xvid and xsane: 151 151 <emphasis>Alex Kloss</emphasis></para> 152 152 </listitem> 153 153 154 154 <listitem> 155 <para>AbiWord, at-spi, ATK, audiofile, avifile, bc, bonobo-activation, 156 bug-buddy, cdrdao, cdrtools, cpio, curl, dhcp, enlightenment, eog, esound, 157 fcron, fluxbox, FNLIB, gail, galeon, gconf-editor, gdbm, gedit, gimp, GLib2, 158 gmp, gnet, gnome-applets, gnome-desktop, gnome-games, gnome-icon-theme, 155 <para>AbiWord, at-spi, ATK, audiofile, avifile, bc, bonobo-activation, 156 bug-buddy, cdrdao, cdrtools, cpio, curl, dhcp, enlightenment, eog, esound, 157 fcron, fluxbox, FNLIB, gail, galeon, gconf-editor, gdbm, gedit, gimp, GLib2, 158 gmp, gnet, gnome-applets, gnome-desktop, gnome-games, gnome-icon-theme, 159 159 gnome-libs, gnome-media, gnome-mime-data, gnome-panel, gnome-session, 160 160 gnome-system-monitor, gnome-terminal, gnome-themes, gnome-utils, gnome-vfs, 161 gnome2-user-docs, gnumeric, GTK+2, gtk-doc, gtk-engines, gtk-thinice-engine, 162 eel, imlib, intltool, lame, libao, libart_lgpl, libbonobo, libbonoboui, 163 libgail-gnome, libglade2, libgnome, libgnomecanvas, libgnomeprint, 164 libgnomeprintui, libgnomeui, libgsf, libgtkhtml, libgtop, libIDL, libogg, 161 gnome2-user-docs, gnumeric, GTK+2, gtk-doc, gtk-engines, gtk-thinice-engine, 162 eel, imlib, intltool, lame, libao, libart_lgpl, libbonobo, libbonoboui, 163 libgail-gnome, libglade2, libgnome, libgnomecanvas, libgnomeprint, 164 libgnomeprintui, libgnomeui, libgsf, libgtkhtml, libgtop, libIDL, libogg, 165 165 librep, librsvg, libvorbis, libwnck, libxml2, libxslt, linc, LPRng, Linux_PAM, 166 metacity, MIT Kerberos 5,MPlayer, mutt, nautilus, nautilus-media, oaf, OpenJade, 166 metacity, MIT Kerberos 5,MPlayer, mutt, nautilus, nautilus-media, oaf, OpenJade, 167 167 OpenSP, OpenSSH, ORBit, ORBit2, pan, Pango, pccts, pcre, pkgconfig, postfix, 168 168 procmail, Python, QT, rep-gtk, ruby, sawfish, scrollkeeper, sgml-common, 169 sgml-dtd, shadow, startup-notification, unzip, vorbis-tools, vte, wget, XFce, 170 xine, xml-dtd, yelp and zip: 169 sgml-dtd, shadow, startup-notification, unzip, vorbis-tools, vte, wget, XFce, 170 xine, xml-dtd, yelp and zip: 171 171 <emphasis>Larry Lawrence</emphasis></para> 172 172 </listitem> 173 173 174 174 <listitem> 175 <para>CDParanoia, mpg123, SDL and XMMS: 175 <para>CDParanoia, mpg123, SDL and XMMS: 176 176 <emphasis>Jeroen Coumans</emphasis></para> 177 177 </listitem> 178 178 179 179 <listitem> 180 <para>alsa, cvs, dhcpcd, gpm, hdparm, libjpeg, libmng, libpng, 181 libtiff, libungif, giflib, links, lynx, openssl, tcsh, which, zsch, zlib: 180 <para>alsa, cvs, dhcpcd, gpm, hdparm, libjpeg, libmng, libpng, 181 libtiff, libungif, giflib, links, lynx, openssl, tcsh, which, zsch, zlib: 182 182 <emphasis>Mark Hymers</emphasis></para> 183 183 </listitem> 184 184 185 185 <listitem> 186 <para>traceroute: 186 <para>traceroute: 187 187 <emphasis>Jeff Bauman</emphasis></para> 188 188 </listitem> 189 189 190 190 <listitem> 191 <para>db and lcms: 192 <emphasis>Jeremy Jones</emphasis> and 191 <para>db and lcms: 192 <emphasis>Jeremy Jones</emphasis> and 193 193 <emphasis>Mark Hymers</emphasis></para> 194 194 </listitem> … … 196 196 <listitem> 197 197 <para>aspell, balsa, bind, bonobo, bonobo-conf, cvs server, 198 db-3.3.11, db-3.1.17, emacs, evolution, exim, expat, gal, gnome-print, 199 GnuCash, gtkhtml, guppi, guile, guppi, g-wrap, leafnode, lesstif, 200 libcapplet, libesmtp, libfam, libghttp, libglade, pine, portmap, 201 PostgreSQL, pspell, qpopper, readline, reiserfs, Samba, sendmail, 202 slrn, soup, tex, tcp-wrappers, and xinetd: 198 db-3.3.11, db-3.1.17, emacs, evolution, exim, expat, gal, gnome-print, 199 GnuCash, gtkhtml, guppi, guile, guppi, g-wrap, leafnode, lesstif, 200 libcapplet, libesmtp, libfam, libghttp, libglade, pine, portmap, 201 PostgreSQL, pspell, qpopper, readline, reiserfs, Samba, sendmail, 202 slrn, soup, tex, tcp-wrappers, and xinetd: 203 203 <emphasis>Billy O'Connor</emphasis></para> 204 204 </listitem> 205 205 206 206 <listitem> 207 <para>ProFTPD and rsync: 207 <para>ProFTPD and rsync: 208 208 <emphasis>Daniel Baumann</emphasis></para> 209 209 </listitem> 210 210 211 211 <listitem> 212 <para>ESP Ghostscript: 212 <para>ESP Ghostscript: 213 213 <emphasis>Matt Rogers</emphasis></para> 214 214 </listitem> 215 215 216 216 <listitem> 217 <para>ALSA Tools, Apache Ant, Cyrus-SASL, DejaGnu, desktop-file-utils, 218 DocBook DSSSL Stylesheets, DocBook-utils, Ethereal, Evolution Data 219 Server, Exim (many additions), Expect, FOP, FreeTTS, gnome-audio, 220 gnome-backgrounds, gnome-menus, GNOME Doc Utils, GnuCash (many 221 additions), Heimdal, HTML Tidy, JadeTeX, Java Access Bridge, LessTif 222 (rewrite), libgail-gnome, libgnomecups, MPlayer (extensive overhaul), 223 PDL, Perl Modules, pilot-link, Samba 3 (many additions), Shadow 224 (rewrite), SANE (original instructions by Alex Kloss), SLIB, Stunnel, 225 Sysstat and system-tools-backends: 217 <para>ALSA Tools, Apache Ant, Cyrus-SASL, DejaGnu, desktop-file-utils, 218 DocBook DSSSL Stylesheets, DocBook-utils, Ethereal, Evolution Data 219 Server, Exim (many additions), Expect, FOP, FreeTTS, gnome-audio, 220 gnome-backgrounds, gnome-menus, GNOME Doc Utils, GnuCash (many 221 additions), Heimdal, HTML Tidy, JadeTeX, Java Access Bridge, LessTif 222 (rewrite), libgail-gnome, libgnomecups, MPlayer (extensive overhaul), 223 PDL, Perl Modules, pilot-link, Samba 3 (many additions), Shadow 224 (rewrite), SANE (original instructions by Alex Kloss), SLIB, Stunnel, 225 Sysstat and system-tools-backends: 226 226 <emphasis>Randy McMurchy</emphasis></para> 227 227 </listitem> 228 228 229 229 <listitem> 230 <para>Screen: 230 <para>Screen: 231 231 <emphasis>Andreas Pedersen</emphasis></para> 232 232 </listitem> 233 233 234 234 <listitem> 235 <para>PHP: 235 <para>PHP: 236 236 <emphasis>Jeremy Utley</emphasis></para> 237 237 </listitem> 238 238 239 239 <listitem> 240 <para>Gimp-Print, libusb: 240 <para>Gimp-Print, libusb: 241 241 <emphasis>Alexander E. Patrakov</emphasis></para> 242 242 </listitem> 243 243 244 244 <listitem> 245 <para>fetchmail and wvdial: 245 <para>fetchmail and wvdial: 246 246 <emphasis>Paul Campbell</emphasis></para> 247 247 </listitem> 248 248 249 249 <listitem> 250 <para>udftools, perl modules: 250 <para>udftools, perl modules: 251 251 <emphasis>Richard Downing</emphasis></para> 252 252 </listitem> … … 263 263 264 264 <listitem> 265 <para>tripwire: 265 <para>tripwire: 266 266 <emphasis>Manfred Glombowski</emphasis></para> 267 267 </listitem> 268 268 269 269 <listitem> 270 <para>ALSA Firmware, ALSA OSS, inetutils, gdk, GLib, GTK+, 271 libxml and vim: 270 <para>ALSA Firmware, ALSA OSS, inetutils, gdk, GLib, GTK+, 271 libxml and vim: 272 272 <emphasis>James Iwanek</emphasis></para> 273 273 </listitem> 274 274 275 275 <listitem> 276 <para>iptables: 276 <para>iptables: 277 277 <emphasis>Henning Rohde</emphasis></para> 278 278 </listitem> 279 279 280 280 <listitem> 281 <para>joe, nano, nmap, slang, w3m and whois: 281 <para>joe, nano, nmap, slang, w3m and whois: 282 282 <emphasis>Timothy Bauscher</emphasis></para> 283 283 </listitem> 284 284 285 285 <listitem> 286 <para>MySQL: 286 <para>MySQL: 287 287 <emphasis>Jesse Tie-Ten-Quee</emphasis></para> 288 288 </listitem> 289 289 290 290 <listitem> 291 <para>fontconfig, gcc, gcc2, jdk, mozilla, nas, openoffice, ispell, 292 nail, ImageMagick, hd2u, STLport, tcl, tk and bind-utils: 291 <para>fontconfig, gcc, gcc2, jdk, mozilla, nas, openoffice, ispell, 292 nail, ImageMagick, hd2u, STLport, tcl, tk and bind-utils: 293 293 <emphasis>Tushar Teredesai</emphasis></para> 294 294 </listitem> 295 295 296 296 <listitem> 297 <para>cracklib, libpcap, ncpfs, netfs, ppp(update), RP-PPPoE, 298 Samba-3 and Subversion: 297 <para>cracklib, libpcap, ncpfs, netfs, ppp(update), RP-PPPoE, 298 Samba-3 and Subversion: 299 299 <emphasis>DJ Lucas</emphasis></para> 300 300 </listitem> 301 301 302 302 <listitem> 303 <para>ntp: 303 <para>ntp: 304 304 <emphasis>Eric Konopka</emphasis></para> 305 305 </listitem> 306 306 307 307 <listitem> 308 <para>nfs-utils: 308 <para>nfs-utils: 309 309 <emphasis>Reinhard</emphasis></para> 310 310 </listitem> 311 311 312 312 <listitem> 313 <para>courier: 313 <para>courier: 314 314 <emphasis>Jim Gifford</emphasis></para> 315 315 </listitem> … … 326 326 <listitem> 327 327 <para><emphasis>Fernando Arbeiza</emphasis> 328 for doing great quality assurance on Shadow utilizing PAM. The 328 for doing great quality assurance on Shadow utilizing PAM. The 329 329 machine access he saved may have been yours.</para> 330 330 </listitem> … … 332 332 <listitem> 333 333 <para><emphasis>Archaic</emphasis> 334 for trouble shooting the mozilla section by performing multiple builds 334 for trouble shooting the mozilla section by performing multiple builds 335 335 and for providing a description of the various mozilla extensions.</para> 336 336 </listitem> … … 338 338 <listitem> 339 339 <para><emphasis>Gerard Beekmans</emphasis> 340 for generally putting up with us and for running the whole LFS 340 for generally putting up with us and for running the whole LFS 341 341 project.</para> 342 342 </listitem> … … 358 358 359 359 <listitem> 360 <para><emphasis>Nathan Coulson</emphasis>, 361 <emphasis>DJ Lucas</emphasis> and 360 <para><emphasis>Nathan Coulson</emphasis>, 361 <emphasis>DJ Lucas</emphasis> and 362 362 <emphasis>Zack Winkles</emphasis> 363 363 for reworking the bootscripts used throughout the book.</para> … … 366 366 <listitem> 367 367 <para><emphasis>Jim Harris</emphasis> 368 for writing the dig-nslookup-host.txt hint on which the bind-utils 368 for writing the dig-nslookup-host.txt hint on which the bind-utils 369 369 instructions are based.</para> 370 370 </listitem> … … 372 372 <listitem> 373 373 <para><emphasis>Lee Harris</emphasis> 374 for writing the gpm.txt hint on which our gpm instructions 374 for writing the gpm.txt hint on which our gpm instructions 375 375 are based.</para> 376 376 </listitem> … … 378 378 <listitem> 379 379 <para><emphasis>Marc Heerdink</emphasis> 380 for creating patches for tcp_wrappers and portmap and for writing 380 for creating patches for tcp_wrappers and portmap and for writing 381 381 the gpm2.txt hint on which our gpm instruction are based..</para> 382 382 </listitem> … … 390 390 <listitem> 391 391 <para><emphasis>J_Man</emphasis> 392 for submitting a gpm-1.19.3.diff file on which our gpm instructions 392 for submitting a gpm-1.19.3.diff file on which our gpm instructions 393 393 are based.</para> 394 394 </listitem> … … 396 396 <listitem> 397 397 <para><emphasis>Jeremy Jones</emphasis> 398 (otherwise known as <emphasis>mca</emphasis>) 398 (otherwise known as <emphasis>mca</emphasis>) 399 399 for hacking Makefiles and general assistance.</para> 400 400 </listitem> … … 410 410 </listitem> 411 411 412 <!-- 412 <!-- 413 413 <listitem> 414 414 <para><emphasis>DJ Lucas</emphasis> 415 for contributing to dhcpcd patch and many contributions while 415 for contributing to dhcpcd patch and many contributions while 416 416 DHCP section was being developed and beyond.</para> 417 417 </listitem> 418 418 --> 419 419 420 <!-- 420 <!-- 421 421 <listitem> 422 422 <para><emphasis>Randy McMurchy</emphasis> 423 for writing the Heimdal hint and for proofreading the book from cover 423 for writing the Heimdal hint and for proofreading the book from cover 424 424 to cover for grammatical errors.</para> 425 425 </listitem> … … 428 428 <listitem> 429 429 <para><emphasis>Scot McPherson</emphasis> 430 for writing the gnome-1.4.txt hint from which was gathered useful information 431 and for warning us that GNOME Version 2.0 may not be ready to put in the 430 for writing the gnome-1.4.txt hint from which was gathered useful information 431 and for warning us that GNOME Version 2.0 may not be ready to put in the 432 432 book.</para> 433 433 </listitem> 434 434 435 <!-- 435 <!-- 436 436 <listitem> 437 437 <para><emphasis>Billy O'Connor</emphasis> 438 for building GNOME 2.0 so many times and being very helpful with 438 for building GNOME 2.0 so many times and being very helpful with 439 439 his comments on that section.</para> 440 440 </listitem> … … 443 443 <listitem> 444 444 <para><emphasis>Alexander E. Patrakov</emphasis> 445 for patches and suggestions to improve the book content and increasing 445 for patches and suggestions to improve the book content and increasing 446 446 the l10n awareness.</para> 447 447 </listitem> … … 449 449 <listitem> 450 450 <para><emphasis>Ted Riley</emphasis> 451 for writing the Linux-PAM + CrackLib + Shadow hint on which 451 for writing the Linux-PAM + CrackLib + Shadow hint on which 452 452 reinstalling shadow to use PAM is based.</para> 453 453 </listitem> … … 456 456 <listitem> 457 457 <para><emphasis>Tushar Teredesai</emphasis> 458 for writing the Compiling Java 2 SDK from Scratch hint on which jdk is 459 based and for writing the docbook hint used throughout the typesetting 458 for writing the Compiling Java 2 SDK from Scratch hint on which jdk is 459 based and for writing the docbook hint used throughout the typesetting 460 460 chapter.</para> 461 461 </listitem> -
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r24ca7aa ra71ee9cb 16 16 <title>News Server</title> 17 17 18 <para>All the mailing lists hosted at linuxfromscratch.org are also 19 accessible via the NNTP server. All messages posted to a mailing 18 <para>All the mailing lists hosted at linuxfromscratch.org are also 19 accessible via the NNTP server. All messages posted to a mailing 20 20 list will be copied to its correspondent newsgroup, and vice versa.</para> 21 21 -
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r24ca7aa ra71ee9cb 19 19 finding the source files for the package—a http link and an ftp link. 20 20 Every effort has been made to ensure that these links are accurate. 21 Howerver, the World Wide Web is in continuous flux. Packages are 21 Howerver, the World Wide Web is in continuous flux. Packages are 22 22 moved or updated and the exact URL specified is not always available.</para> 23 23 24 24 <para>To overcome this problem, the BLFS Team, with the assistance of <ulink 25 25 url='http://www.serverbeach.com'>Server Beach</ulink>, has made a http/ftp site 26 available at <emphasis>anduin.linuxfromscratch.org</emphasis>. This site 27 has all the sources of the exact versions of the packages used in BLFS. If 26 available at <emphasis>anduin.linuxfromscratch.org</emphasis>. This site 27 has all the sources of the exact versions of the packages used in BLFS. If 28 28 you can't find the BLFS package you need, get it there.</para> 29 29 -
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r24ca7aa ra71ee9cb 16 16 <title>Which Sections of the Book Do I Want?</title> 17 17 18 <para>Unlike the Linux From Scratch book, BLFS isn't designed to be 19 followed in a linear manner. This is because LFS provides instructions 20 on how to create a base system which is capable of turning into anything 21 from a web server to a multimedia desktop system. BLFS is where we try 22 to guide you in the process of going from the base system to your intended 18 <para>Unlike the Linux From Scratch book, BLFS isn't designed to be 19 followed in a linear manner. This is because LFS provides instructions 20 on how to create a base system which is capable of turning into anything 21 from a web server to a multimedia desktop system. BLFS is where we try 22 to guide you in the process of going from the base system to your intended 23 23 destination. Choice is very much involved.</para> 24 24 25 25 <para>Everyone who reads the book will want to read certain sections. The 26 26 <xref linkend="introduction"/> part–which you are currently 27 reading–contains generic information. Especially take note of the 28 information in Important Information (<xref linkend="intro-important"/>), as 29 this contains comments about how to unpack software and various other aspects 27 reading–contains generic information. Especially take note of the 28 information in Important Information (<xref linkend="intro-important"/>), as 29 this contains comments about how to unpack software and various other aspects 30 30 which apply throughout the book.</para> 31 31 … … 39 39 system.</para> 40 40 41 <para>Following these basic items, most people will want to at least browse 41 <para>Following these basic items, most people will want to at least browse 42 42 through the <xref linkend="general"/> part of the book. This part contains 43 43 information on many items which are prerequisites for other sections of the 44 book as well as some items (such as Programming (<xref linkend="general-prog"/>) 45 which are useful in their own right. Note that you don't have to install all 44 book as well as some items (such as Programming (<xref linkend="general-prog"/>) 45 which are useful in their own right. Note that you don't have to install all 46 46 of these libraries and packages found in this part to start with, each 47 BLFS install procedure tells you which packages 48 it depends upon so you can choose the program you want to install and see 47 BLFS install procedure tells you which packages 48 it depends upon so you can choose the program you want to install and see 49 49 what it needs.</para> 50 50 51 <para>Likewise, most people will probably want to look at the <xref 51 <para>Likewise, most people will probably want to look at the <xref 52 52 linkend="connect"/> and <xref linkend="basicnet"/> parts. The first of 53 53 these deals with connecting to the Internet or your LAN 54 using a variety of methods such as DHCP 55 (<xref linkend="connect-dhcp"/>) and Dial-Up Connections (<xref 56 linkend="connect-dialup"/>). The second of these parts deals with items 57 such as Networking Libraries (<xref linkend="basicnet-netlibs"/>) and various 54 using a variety of methods such as DHCP 55 (<xref linkend="connect-dhcp"/>) and Dial-Up Connections (<xref 56 linkend="connect-dialup"/>). The second of these parts deals with items 57 such as Networking Libraries (<xref linkend="basicnet-netlibs"/>) and various 58 58 basic networking programs and utilities.</para> 59 59 60 60 <para>Once you have dealt with these basics, you may wish to configure 61 more advanced network services. These are dealt with in the <xref 62 linkend="server"/> part of the book. Those wanting to build servers 61 more advanced network services. These are dealt with in the <xref 62 linkend="server"/> part of the book. Those wanting to build servers 63 63 should find a good starting point there. Note that <xref linkend="server"/> 64 64 also contains information on various database packages.</para> … … 73 73 packages. Note that many people may want to use the <xref linkend="alsa"/> 74 74 instructions from this chapter quite near the start of their BLFS 75 journey; they are placed here simply because it is the most logical 75 journey; they are placed here simply because it is the most logical 76 76 place for them.</para> 77 77 78 <para>The final part of the main BLFS book deals with <xref 79 linkend="pst"/>. This is useful for most people with desktop systems and 78 <para>The final part of the main BLFS book deals with <xref 79 linkend="pst"/>. This is useful for most people with desktop systems and 80 80 even those who are creating mainly server systems will find it useful.</para> 81 81
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