Changeset 12c82b50

Timestamp:

02/19/2010 08:17:17 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

Matthew Burgess <matthew@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

6028823

Parents:

62a1365

Message:

Fix several grammar mistakes and other typos. Thanks to Jim DeMarco for the report.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9191 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Location:

prologue

Files:

• architecture.xml (modified) (3 diffs)
• standards.xml (modified) (4 diffs)
• why.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

prologue/architecture.xml

@@ -24 +24 @@
 installed and used as a host system on a 64-bit AMD/Intel computer.</para>
 
-<para>Some other facts about a 64-bit systems need to be added here. When
+<para>Some other facts about 64-bit systems need to be added here. When
 compared to a 32-bit system, the sizes of executable programs are slightly
 larger and the execution speeds are only slightly faster. For example, in a
@@ -44 +44 @@
 32-bit system and once for a 64-bit system. This is not directly supported in
 LFS becuase it would interfere with the educational objective of providing the
-instructions needed for a straight forward base Linux system.  You can refer to
+instructions needed for a straightforward base Linux system.  You can refer to
 the <ulink url="http://trac.cross-lfs.org/">Cross Linux From Scratch</ulink>
 project for this advanced topic.</para>
@@ -52 +52 @@
 build instructions. Generally, these packages have some embedded 32-bit
 specific assembly language instructions that fail when building on a 64-bit
-system.  This includes some  <ulink
+system.  This includes some Xorg drivers from <ulink
 url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/">Beyond Linux From Scratch
-(BLFS)</ulink> Xorg drivers. Many of these problems can
-be worked around, but may require some specialized procedures or
-patches.</para>
+(BLFS)</ulink>. Many of these problems can be worked around, but may require
+some specialized procedures or patches.</para>
 
 </sect1>

prologue/standards.xml

@@ -37 +37 @@
         conform to the architectures discussed in the previous section.</para>
 
-        <note><para>Many people do not agree with the requirements of LSB.  The
-        main purpose of defining it is to ensure that proprietary software will
-        be able to be installed and run properly on a compliant system.  Since LFS
-        is source based, the user has complete control over what packages are
-        desired and many choose not to install some packages that are specified
-        by the LSB.  </para></note>
+        <note><para>Many people do not agree with the requirements of the LSB.
+        The main purpose of defining it is to ensure that proprietary software
+        will be able to be installed and run properly on a compliant system.
+        Since LFS is source based, the user has complete control over what
+        packages are desired and many choose not to install some packages that
+        are specified by the LSB.</para></note>
 
       </listitem>
@@ -54 +54 @@
     <variablelist>
       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Packages supplied by LFS needed to
-          satisfy LSB Requirements</bridgehead>
+          satisfy the LSB Requirements</bridgehead>
       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
@@ -106 +106 @@
     <variablelist> 
       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Packages supplied by BLFS needed to
-          satisfy LSB Requirements</bridgehead>
+          satisfy the LSB Requirements</bridgehead>
       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> 
@@ -159 +159 @@
     <variablelist> 
       <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Packages not supplied by LFS or BLFS 
-      needed to satisfy LSB Requirements</bridgehead>
+      needed to satisfy the LSB Requirements</bridgehead>
       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> 

prologue/why.xml

@@ -170 +170 @@
         <para>GMP</para>
 
-        <para>This package package contains math libraries and have
-        useful functions for arbitrary precision arithmetic.  It
-        is required to build Gcc. </para>
+        <para>This package contains math libraries and have useful functions for
+        arbitrary precision arithmetic.  It is required to build Gcc. </para>
       </listitem>
 
@@ -320 +319 @@
         <para>Patch</para>
 
-        <para>This package a program for modifying or creating files by 
+        <para>This package contains a program for modifying or creating files by
         applying a <emphasis>patch</emphasis> file typically created 
         by the <application>diff</application> program.  It is needed by
@@ -390 +389 @@
 
         <para>This package provides the <application>init</application>
-        program which it the parent of all other processes on the Linux
+        program, which is the parent of all other processes on the Linux
         system. </para>
       </listitem>