Changeset 188fba7

Timestamp:

02/22/2022 05:34:59 AM (2 years ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

11.1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, 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:

186f5265

Parents:

25dc9a8

Message:

ch03 intro: "newer version" -> "different version", and ...

warn about the difference between release tarballs and repo snapshots

File:

• chapter03/introduction.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter03/introduction.xml

@@ -14 +14 @@
   order to build a basic Linux system. The listed version numbers correspond to
   versions of the software that are known to work, and this book is based on
-  their use. We highly recommend against using newer versions because the build
-  commands for one version may not work with a newer version. The newest package
+  their use. We highly recommend against using different versions because the build
+  commands for one version may not work with a different version. The newest package
   versions may also have problems that require work-arounds. These work-arounds
   will be developed and stabilized in the development version of the
   book.</para>
+
+  <para>For some packages, the release tarball and the (Git or SVN)
+  repository snapshot tarball for this release may be published with
+  similar file name.  A release tarball contains generated files (for
+  example, <command>configure</command> script generated by
+  <command>autoconf</command>), in addition to the contents of the
+  corresponding repository snapshot.  The book uses release tarballs
+  whenever possible. Using a repository snapshot instead of a release
+  tarball specified by the book will cause problems.</para>
 
   <para>Download locations may not always be accessible. If a download