Changeset ec64d28


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Timestamp:
12/19/2012 07:57:20 PM (12 years ago)
Author:
Randy McMurchy <randy@…>
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10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 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, gimp3, 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/for-12.3, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/spidermonkey128, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal
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Minor text fixes

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@10894 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

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  • general/genlib/genlib.xml

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    4141
    4242  <para>There are certain libraries which nearly <emphasis>everyone</emphasis>
    43   will need at some point.  In this chapter we list these and some others and
    44   explain why you may want to install them.</para>
     43  will need at some point.  In this chapter these and some others are listed and
     44  it is explained why you may want to install them.</para>
    4545
    4646  <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="apr.xml"/>

  • general/genlib/libatomic_ops.xml

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    104104
    105105    <para>
    106       <command>sed -i 's#AC_PROG_RANLIB ...</command>: These seds massage the
    107       autotool files so that a shared library is built, the tests pass and the
    108       docs are installed where we want.
     106      <command>sed -i 's#AC_PROG_RANLIB ...</command>: These
     107      <command>sed</command>s massage the autotool files so that a shared
     108      library is built, the tests pass, and the docs are installed in an
     109      appropriate directory.
    109110    </para>
    110111
    111112    <para>
    112       <command>autoreconf -i</command>: This regenerates the configure script
    113       and the Makefile.in files and installs a missing file.
     113      <command>autoreconf -i</command>: This regenerates the
     114      <command>configure</command> script and the <filename>Makefile.in</filename>
     115      files and installs a missing file.
    114116    </para>
    115117

  • gnome/core/gnome-session.xml

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    139139
    140140      <para>
    141         If you are not using <application>gdm</application> to start your
     141        If you are not using <application>GDM</application> to start your
    142142        <application>GNOME</application> desktop, you will need to invoke
    143143        <command>gnome-session</command> <emphasis>instead of</emphasis> invoking
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    153153        daemons and either <application>Metacity</application> or
    154154        <application>gnome-shell</application>. A desktop manager such as
    155         <application>gdm</application> will invoke <application>ConsoleKit</application>
     155        <application>GDM</application> will invoke <application>ConsoleKit</application>
    156156        before the window manager, but if you use <command>startx</command> the first
    157157        invocation after booting may fail because the daemon is not already running,
    158         so we will invoke it first.
     158        so it is invoked first.
    159159      </para>
    160160
    … …  
    164164        backup your current <filename>~/.xinitrc</filename> before proceeding.
    165165        Note that you will be able to invoke <application>GNOME Terminal</application>
    166         from the menu, so there is no reason to invoke xterm here. Create a new
    167         <filename>.xinitrc</filename> using this command:
     166        from the menu, so there is no reason to invoke <command>xterm</command> here.
     167        Create a new <filename>.xinitrc</filename> using this command:
    168168      </para>
    169169

  • introduction/important/building-notes.xml

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    1717
    1818  <para>Those people who have built an LFS system may be aware
    19   of the general principles of downloading and unpacking software.  We will
    20   however repeat some of that information here for those new to building
     19  of the general principles of downloading and unpacking software. Some
     20  of that information is repeated here for those new to building
    2121  their own software.</para>
    2222
    2323  <para>Each set of installation instructions contains a URL from which you
    24   can download the package.  We do however keep a selection of patches
    25   available via HTTP.  These are referenced as needed in the installation
    26   instructions.</para>
     24  can download the package.  The patches; however, are stored on the LFS
     25  servers and are available via HTTP.  These are referenced as needed in the
     26  installation instructions.</para>
    2727
    2828  <para>While you can keep the source files anywhere you like, we assume that

  • introduction/important/libraries.xml

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    2929    systems they are the only type available.</para>
    3030
    31     <para>On almost all Linux platforms we also have shared libraries
     31    <para>On almost all Linux platforms there are also shared libraries
    3232    (libfoo.so) - one copy of the library is loaded into virtual memory, and
    3333    shared by all the programs which call any of its functions. This is space

  • introduction/important/locale-issues.xml

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    282282    # Non-UTF-8 manual page is OK
    283283    iconv -f UTF-8 -t UTF-8 "$a" >/dev/null 2>&amp;1 || continue
    284     # If we got here, we found UTF-8 manual page, bad.
     284    # Found a UTF-8 manual page, bad.
    285285    echo "UTF-8 manual page: $a" >&amp;2
    286286done

  • introduction/welcome/packages.xml

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    3030
    3131  <para>We would like to ask a favor, however.  Although this is a public
    32   resource for you to use, we do not want to abuse it.  We have already had one
     32  resource for you to use, please do not abuse it.  We have already had one
    3333  unthinking individual download over 3 GB of data, including multiple copies of
    3434  the same files that are placed at different locations (via symlinks) to make

  • introduction/welcome/which.xml

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    1919  followed in a linear manner. This is because LFS provides instructions
    2020  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
     21  from a web server to a multimedia desktop system. BLFS attempts
    2222  to guide you in the process of going from the base system to your intended
    2323  destination. Choice is very much involved.</para>

  • multimedia/libdriv/libdvdnav.xml

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    8989
    9090    <para><command>./autogen.sh</command>: This package does not come with the
    91     normal configure script, so we need to use the <command>autogen.sh</command>
    92     script to generate and run <command>configure</command>.</para>
     91    normal <command>configure</command> script, so
     92    the <command>autogen.sh</command> script is used to generate and run
     93    <command>configure</command>.</para>
    9394  </sect2>
    9495

  • multimedia/libdriv/libdvdread.xml

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    8383
    8484    <para><command>./autogen.sh</command>: This package does not come with the
    85     normal configure script, so we need to use the <command>autogen.sh</command>
    86     script to generate and run <command>configure</command>.</para>
     85    normal <command>configure</command> script, so the
     86    <command>autogen.sh</command> script is used to generate and run
     87    <command>configure</command>.</para>
    8788  </sect2>
    8889

  • networking/netutils/wicd.xml

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    132132  <sect2 role="commands">
    133133    <title>Command Explanations</title>
    134     <para><command>sed -i '/wpath...</command>: The sed prevents installation of logrotate
    135     and systemd configuration files. You may omit it if you use these utilities.</para>
    136     <para><option>--no-install-kde</option>: Prevent installation of 
     134
     135    <para><command>sed -i '/wpath...</command>: This <command>sed</command>
     136    prevents installation of <command>logrotate</command> and systemd
     137    configuration files. You may omit it if you use these utilities.</para>
     138
     139    <para><option>--no-install-kde</option>: Prevent installation of an
    137140    autostart desktop file for KDE. If you use KDE, you should instead install the
    138141    <ulink url="http://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/network/wicd-kde">Wicd KDE Client</ulink>.
    139142    </para>
     143
    140144    <para><option>--no-install-acpi</option>: Prevent installation of 
    141     suspend and resume scripts for acpid. Omit this option if you use acpid.</para>
     145    <command>suspend</command> and <command>resume</command> scripts for acpid.
     146    Omit this option if you use acpid.</para>
     147
    142148    <para><option>--no-install-pmutils</option>: Prevent installation of hooks for
    143149    pm-utils. Omit this option if you use pm-utils.</para>
     150
    144151    <para><option>--no-install-init</option>: Prevent installation of any init scripts,
    145     as we install our own bootscript.</para>
     152    as a bootscript is installed later in the instructions.</para>
     153
    146154    <para><option>--wicdgroup=<replaceable>&lt;group&gt;</replaceable></option>:
    147155    The group that will have permission to use the Wicd client (default is the
    … …  
    186194      frontends. If you are only going to use Wicd from command-line, you can configure
    187195      it using the configuration files in <filename>/etc/wicd</filename>. For a list of
    188       available options, take a look at the man-pages for: wicd-manager-settings.conf,
     196      available options, look at the man-pages for: wicd-manager-settings.conf,
    189197      wicd-wired-settings.conf and wicd-wireless-settings.conf.</para>
    190198     

  • postlfs/config/bootdisk.xml

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    3030    used as a rescue device: floppy, cdrom, usb drive, or even a network card.
    3131    Which one you use depends on your hardware and your BIOS.  In the past,
    32     we usually thought of rescue device as a floppy disk.  Today, many
     32    a rescue device was thought to be a floppy disk.  Today, many
    3333    systems do not even have a floppy drive.</para>
    3434

  • postlfs/config/inputrc.xml

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    6363<literal># Begin /etc/inputrc
    6464
    65 # Make sure we don't output everything on the 1 line
     65# Make sure everything is not output to one line
    6666set horizontal-scroll-mode Off
    6767

  • postlfs/config/profile.xml

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    274274<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/profile.d/umask.sh &lt;&lt; "EOF"
    275 <literal># By default we want the umask to get set.
     275<literal># By default, the umask should be set.
    276276if [ "$(id -gn)" = "$(id -un)" -a $EUID -gt 99 ] ; then
    277277  umask 002

  • postlfs/filesystems/aboutlvm.xml

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    5858  </variablelist>
    5959
    60   <para>To give a concrete example, suppose that we have two 2 TB disks.
     60  <para>To give a concrete example, suppose that you have two 2 TB disks.
    6161  Also suppose a really large amount of space is required for a very large database,
    6262  mounted on <filename class='directory'>/srv/mysql</filename>.  This is what

  • postlfs/filesystems/aboutraid.xml

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    114114sdd2:     300 GB   fd Linux raid auto  /home    (RAID 5) /dev/md2 </literal></screen>
    115115
    116     <para>Is this arrangement, we are creating a separate boot partition as the
     116    <para>Is this arrangement, a separate boot partition is created as the
    117117    first small RAID array and a root filesystem as the secong RAID array,
    118118    both mirrored.  The third partition is a large (about 1TB) array for the
    119119    <filename class='directory'>/home</filename> directory.  This provides
    120120    an ability to stripe data across multiple devices, improving speed for
    121     botih reading and writing large files.  Finally, we create a fourth array
     121    botih reading and writing large files.  Finally, a fourth array is created
    122122    that concatenates two partitions into a larger device.</para>
    123123

  • postlfs/virtualization/qemu-kvm.xml

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    179179
    180180    <para>To install an operating system, download an iso of your choice or use
    181     a pre-intalled cdrom device.  For the purposes of this example, we will use
     181    a pre-intalled cdrom device.  For the purposes of this example, use
    182182    Fedora 16 that is downloaded as
    183183    <filename>Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-LXDE.iso</filename> in the current

  • pst/printing/gs.xml

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    248248      JPEG 2000 files <!-- I can't get it to compile using a system installed
    249249      version of openjpeg. It seems the ghostscript version has been heavily
    250       modified... --> so we can all remove the jasper source. The default color
     250      modified... --> so jasper source can be removed. The default color
    251251      management system is now <application>lcms2</application> so the
    252252      <application>lcms</application> source is not needed.
    … …  
    260260
    261261    <para>
    262       <parameter>LIBS=-lz</parameter>: We use the LIBS variable to tell the
    263       linker (ld) to link against the system installed
     262      <parameter>LIBS=-lz</parameter>: Use the <envar>LIBS</envar> variable to
     263      tell the linker (ld) to link against the system installed
    264264      <application>zlib</application>.
    265265    </para>

  • xsoft/graphweb/firefox.xml

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    317317
    318318    <para>
    319       <command>ln -sfv ... /usr/bin/firefox</command>: this puts a symbolic link
    320       to the <command>firefox</command> executable in your ${PATH}.
    321     </para>
    322 
    323     <para>
    324       <command>mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</command>: this checks
     319      <command>ln -sfv ... /usr/bin/firefox</command>: This puts a symbolic link
     320      to the <command>firefox</command> executable in your <envar>PATH</envar>
     321      variable.
     322    </para>
     323
     324    <para>
     325      <command>mkdir -p /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</command>: This checks
    325326      that <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>
    326327      exists.
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    328329
    329330    <para>
    330       <command>ln -sv ... /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</command>: this
     331      <command>ln -sv ... /usr/lib/firefox-&firefox-version;</command>: This
    331332      makes a symbolic link to
    332333      <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename>. It's not
    333       really needed, <application>Firefox</application> checks
     334      really needed, as <application>Firefox</application> checks
    334335      <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins</filename> by
    335       default, we make the symbolic link to keep all the plugins installed in
     336      default, but the symbolic link is made to keep all the plugins installed in
    336337      one folder.
    337338    </para>

  • xsoft/office/libreoffice.xml

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    315315      <command>./download</command>: The build process runs the
    316316      <command>download</command> script which downloads some 470 MB of
    317       tarballs. We run the download script to get it out of the way at the
    318       start so we can make a backup copy of the downloaded files.
     317      tarballs. The download script is ran to get it out of the way at the
     318      start so a backup copy of the downloaded files are on hand.
    319319    </para>
    320320

  • xsoft/other/rox-filer.xml

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    210210
    211211      <para>
    212         That works fine for mounting, but to unmount it we need to run the
    213         command <command>fusermount -u ${MOUNTPOINT}</command>. You could set
     212        That works fine for mounting, but to unmount it the
     213        command <command>fusermount -u ${MOUNTPOINT}</command> is ran. You could set
    214214        that as your default umount command in your rox preferences, but you
    215215        would then be unable to unmount any normal mountpoints (that need
    216         umount). What we need is a script that will unmount a Fuse mountpoint
     216        umount). A script is needed that will unmount a Fuse mountpoint
    217217        with <command>fusermount -u ${MOUNTPOINT}</command> and everything else
    218218        with <command>umount</command>. As the
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