Changeset 0ea3431 for chapter04

Timestamp:

09/26/2022 02:03:23 PM (2 years ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

xry111/clfs-ng

Children:

259794e

Parents:

1f6dfd4 (diff), f427ba23 (diff)
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Message:

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/trunk' into xry111/clfs-ng

Location:

chapter04

Files:

• creatingminlayout.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• introduction.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter04/creatingminlayout.xml

@@ -11 +11 @@
   <title>Creating a limited directory layout in LFS filesystem</title>
 
-  <para>The first task performed in the LFS partition is to create a limited
-  directory hierarchy so that programs compiled in <xref
+  <para>The next task to be performed in the LFS partition is to create a limited
+  directory hierarchy, so that the programs compiled in <xref
   linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> (as well as glibc and libstdc++ in <xref
-  linkend="chapter-cross-tools"/>) may be installed in their final
-  location. This is needed so that those temporary programs be overwritten
-  when rebuilding them in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>.</para>
+  linkend="chapter-cross-tools"/>) can be installed in their final
+  location. We do this so those temporary programs will be overwritten when
+  the final versions are built in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>.</para>
 
-  <para>Create the required directory layout by running the following as
+  <para>Create the required directory layout by issuing the following commands as
   <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>:</para>
 
@@ -35 +35 @@
 
   <para>Programs in <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/> will be compiled
-  with a cross-compiler (more details in section <xref
-  linkend="ch-tools-toolchaintechnotes"/>). In order to separate this
-  cross-compiler from the other programs, it will be installed in a special
-  directory. Create this directory with:</para>
+  with a cross-compiler (more details can be found in section <xref
+  linkend="ch-tools-toolchaintechnotes"/>). This cross-compiler will be installed
+  in a special directory, to separate it from the other programs. Still acting as
+  &root;, create that directory with this command:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>mkdir -pv $LFS/tools</userinput></screen>

chapter04/introduction.xml

@@ -13 +13 @@
   <para>In this chapter, we will perform a few additional tasks to prepare
   for building the temporary system. We will create a set of directories in
-  <filename class="directory">$LFS</filename> for the installation of the
-  temporary tools, add an unprivileged user to reduce risk,
+  <filename class="directory">$LFS</filename> (in which we will install the
+  temporary tools), add an unprivileged user,
   and create an appropriate build environment for that user. We will also
-  explain the unit of time we use to measure how long LFS packages take to
-  build, or <quote>SBUs</quote>, and give some information about package
+  explain the units of time (<quote>SBUs</quote>) we use to measure how
+  long it takes to build LFS packages, and provide some information about package
   test suites.</para>