Changeset 0a12f0a for chapter08


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Timestamp:
12/10/2022 11:30:11 PM (17 months ago)
Author:
Thomas Trepl <thomas@…>
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Automatic merge of trunk into multilib

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  • chapter08/coreutils.xml

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    364364        <term><command>date</command></term>
    365365        <listitem>
    366           <para>Displays the current dae and time in the given format, or sets the
     366          <para>Displays the current date and time in the given format, or sets the
    367367          system date and time</para>
    368368          <indexterm zone="ch-system-coreutils date">

  • chapter08/diffutils.xml

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    8080        <term><command>cmp</command></term>
    8181        <listitem>
    82           <para>Compares two files and reports whether or in which bytes they
    83           differ</para>
     82          <para>Compares two files and reports any differences byte by byte</para>
    8483          <indexterm zone="ch-system-diffutils cmp">
    8584            <primary sortas="b-cmp">cmp</primary>

  • chapter08/findutils.xml

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    2424    <title/>
    2525
    26     <para>The Findutils package contains programs to find files. These programs
    27     are provided to recursively search through a directory tree and to
     26    <para>The Findutils package contains programs to find files. Programs
     27    are provided to search through all the files in a directory tree and to
    2828    create, maintain, and search a database (often faster than the recursive
    29     find, but is unreliable if the database has not been recently updated).</para>
     29    find, but unreliable unless the database has been updated recently).
     30    Findutils also supplies the <command>xargs</command> program, which
     31    can be used to run a specified command on each file selected by a search.</para>
    3032
    3133    <segmentedlist>
    … …  
    6466        <term><parameter>--localstatedir</parameter></term>
    6567        <listitem>
    66           <para>This option changes the location of the <command>locate</command>
    67           database to be in <filename class="directory">/var/lib/locate</filename>,
    68           which is FHS-compliant.</para>
     68          <para>This option moves the <command>locate</command>
     69          database to <filename class="directory">/var/lib/locate</filename>,
     70          which is the FHS-compliant location.</para>
    6971        </listitem>
    7072      </varlistentry>

  • chapter08/groff.xml

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    2525
    2626    <para>The Groff package contains programs for processing and formatting
    27     text.</para>
     27    text and images.</para>
    2828
    2929    <segmentedlist>
    … …  
    169169        <term><command>gperl</command></term>
    170170        <listitem>
    171           <para>Preprocesor for groff, allowing addition of perl code
     171          <para>Preprocesor for groff, allowing the insertion of perl code
    172172          into groff files</para>
    173173          <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff gperl">
    … …  
    180180        <term><command>gpinyin</command></term>
    181181        <listitem>
    182           <para>Preprocesor for groff, allowing addition of Chinese
    183           European-like language Pinyin into groff files.</para>
     182          <para>Preprocesor for groff, allowing the insertion of Pinyin
     183          (Mandarin Chinese spelled with the Roman alphabet) into groff files.</para>
    184184          <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff gpinyin">
    185185            <primary sortas="b-gpinyin">gpinyin</primary>
    … …  
    191191        <term><command>grap2graph</command></term>
    192192        <listitem>
    193           <para>Converts a grap diagram into a cropped bitmap image</para>
     193          <para>Converts a grap program file into a cropped bitmap image
     194          (grap is an old Unix programming language for creating diagrams)</para>
    194195          <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grap2graph">
    195196            <primary sortas="b-grap2graph">grap2graph</primary>
    … …  
    212213        <listitem>
    213214          <para>A driver for <command>groff</command> that produces TeX dvi
    214           format</para>
     215          format output files</para>
    215216          <indexterm zone="ch-system-groff grodvi">
    216217            <primary sortas="b-grodvi">grodvi</primary>

  • chapter08/grub.xml

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    4545        If your system has UEFI support and you wish to boot LFS with UEFI,
    4646        you can skip this package in LFS,
    47         and install GRUB with UEFI support (and its dependencies) following
    48         <ulink url="&blfs-book;postlfs/grub-efi.html">the BLFS page</ulink>
    49         at the end of this chapter.
     47        and install GRUB with UEFI support (and its dependencies) by following
     48        the instructions on
     49        <ulink url="&blfs-book;postlfs/grub-efi.html">the BLFS page</ulink>.
    5050      </para>
    5151    </note>
    … …  
    5757
    5858      <para>Don't try <quote>tuning</quote> this package with custom
    59       compilation flags: this package is a bootloader, with low-level
    60       operations in the source code which is likely to be broken by some
    61       aggressive optimizations.</para>
     59      compilation flags. This package is a bootloader. The low-level
     60      operations in the source code may be broken by
     61      aggressive optimization.</para>
    6262    </warning>
    6363
    … …  
    7676        <listitem>
    7777          <para>This allows the build to complete with warnings introduced
    78           by more recent Flex versions.</para>
     78          by more recent versions of Flex.</para>
    7979        </listitem>
    8080      </varlistentry>
    … …  
    8484        <listitem>
    8585          <para>This option minimizes what is built by disabling a feature and
    86           testing programs not needed for LFS.</para>
     86          eliminating some test programs not needed for LFS.</para>
    8787        </listitem>
    8888      </varlistentry>
    … …  
    103103mv -v /etc/bash_completion.d/grub /usr/share/bash-completion/completions</userinput></screen>
    104104
    105   <para>Using GRUB to make your LFS system bootable will be discussed in
     105  <para>Making your LFS system bootable with GRUB will be discussed in
    106106  <xref linkend="ch-bootable-grub"/>.</para>
    107107
    … …  
    139139        <term><command>grub-bios-setup</command></term>
    140140        <listitem>
    141           <para>Is a helper program for grub-install</para>
     141          <para>Is a helper program for <command>grub-install</command></para>
    142142          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-bios-setup">
    143143            <primary sortas="b-grub-bios-setup">grub-bios-setup</primary>
    … …  
    149149        <term><command>grub-editenv</command></term>
    150150        <listitem>
    151           <para>A tool to edit the environment block</para>
     151          <para>Is a tool to edit the environment block</para>
    152152          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-editenv">
    153153            <primary sortas="b-grub-editenv">grub-editenv</primary>
    … …  
    159159        <term><command>grub-file</command></term>
    160160        <listitem>
    161           <para>Checks if FILE is of the specified type.</para>
     161          <para>Checks to see if the given file is of the specified type</para>
    162162          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-file">
    163163            <primary sortas="b-grub-file">grub-file</primary>
    … …  
    169169        <term><command>grub-fstest</command></term>
    170170        <listitem>
    171           <para>Tool to debug the filesystem driver</para>
     171          <para>Is a tool to debug the filesystem driver</para>
    172172          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-fstest">
    173173            <primary sortas="b-grub-fstest">grub-fstest</primary>
    … …  
    179179        <term><command>grub-glue-efi</command></term>
    180180        <listitem>
    181           <para>Glue 32-bit and 64-bit binary into Apple universal one.</para>
     181          <para>Glues 32-bit and 64-bit binaries into a single file (for Apple machines)</para>
    182182          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-glue-efi">
    183183            <primary sortas="b-grub-glue-efi">grub-glue-efi</primary>
    … …  
    189189        <term><command>grub-install</command></term>
    190190        <listitem>
    191           <para>Install GRUB on your drive</para>
     191          <para>Installs GRUB on your drive</para>
    192192          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-install">
    193193            <primary sortas="b-grub-install">grub-install</primary>
    … …  
    199199        <term><command>grub-kbdcomp</command></term>
    200200        <listitem>
    201           <para>Script that converts an xkb layout into one recognized by
     201          <para>Is a script that converts an xkb layout into one recognized by
    202202          GRUB</para>
    203203          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-kbdcomp">
    … …  
    210210        <term><command>grub-macbless</command></term>
    211211        <listitem>
    212           <para>Mac-style bless on HFS or HFS+ files</para>
     212          <para>Is the Mac-style bless for HFS or HFS+ files (<command>bless</command>
     213          is peculiar to Apple machiines; it makes a device bootable)</para>
    213214          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-macbless">
    214215            <primary sortas="b-grub-macbless">grub-macbless</primary>
    … …  
    231232        <term><command>grub-mkconfig</command></term>
    232233        <listitem>
    233           <para>Generate a grub config file</para>
     234          <para>Generates a <filename>grub.cfg</filename> file</para>
    234235          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkconfig">
    235236            <primary sortas="b-grub-mkconfig">grub-mkconfig</primary>
    … …  
    241242        <term><command>grub-mkimage</command></term>
    242243        <listitem>
    243           <para>Make a bootable image of GRUB</para>
     244          <para>Makes a bootable image of GRUB</para>
    244245          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkimage">
    245246            <primary sortas="b-grub-mkimage">grub-mkimage</primary>
    … …  
    292293        <term><command>grub-mkrescue</command></term>
    293294        <listitem>
    294           <para>Make a bootable image of GRUB suitable for a floppy disk or CDROM/DVD</para>
     295          <para>Makes a bootable image of GRUB suitable for a floppy disk,
     296          CDROM/DVD, or a USB drive</para>
    295297          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-mkrescue">
    296298            <primary sortas="b-grub-mkrescue">grub-mkrescue</primary>
    … …  
    312314        <term><command>grub-ofpathname</command></term>
    313315        <listitem>
    314           <para>Is a helper program that prints the path of a GRUB device</para>
     316          <para>Is a helper program that prints the path to a GRUB device</para>
    315317          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-ofpathname">
    316318            <primary sortas="b-grub-ofpathname">grub-ofpathname</primary>
    … …  
    322324        <term><command>grub-probe</command></term>
    323325        <listitem>
    324           <para>Probe device information for a given path or device</para>
     326          <para>Probes device information for a given path or device</para>
    325327          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-probe">
    326328            <primary sortas="b-grub-probe">grub-probe</primary>
    … …  
    342344        <term><command>grub-render-label</command></term>
    343345        <listitem>
    344           <para>Render Apple .disk_label for Apple Macs</para>
     346          <para>Renders Apple .disk_label for Apple Macs</para>
    345347          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-render-label">
    346348            <primary sortas="b-grub-render-label">grub-render-label</primary>
    … …  
    352354        <term><command>grub-script-check</command></term>
    353355        <listitem>
    354           <para>Checks GRUB configuration script for syntax errors</para>
     356          <para>Checks the GRUB configuration script for syntax errors</para>
    355357          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-script-check">
    356358            <primary sortas="b-grub-script-check">grub-script-check</primary>
    … …  
    382384        <term><command>grub-syslinux2cfg</command></term>
    383385        <listitem>
    384           <para>Transform a syslinux config file into grub.cfg format</para>
     386          <para>Transforms a syslinux config file into grub.cfg format</para>
    385387          <indexterm zone="ch-system-grub grub-syslinux2cfg">
    386388            <primary sortas="b-grub-syslinux2cfg">grub-syslinux2cfg</primary>

  • chapter08/libffi.xml

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    5454      following command to an architecture name fully implemented by the
    5555      CPU on that system.
    56       If this is not done, all applications that link to libffi will trigger
     56      If this is not done, all applications that link to
     57      <filename class='libraryfile'>libffi</filename> will trigger
    5758      Illegal Operation Errors.</para>
    5859    </note>
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