Changeset 2f3f222

Timestamp:

05/24/2009 04:41:49 PM (15 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

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, 6.5, 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:

cff800e

Parents:

ee95f792

Message:

Couple more Preface edits.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@8913 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Location:

prologue

Files:

• hostreqs.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• typography.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

prologue/hostreqs.xml

@@ -93 +93 @@
       <para>If the host kernel is either earlier than 2.6.x, or it was not
       compiled using a GCC-3.0 (or later) compiler, you will have to replace
-      the kernel with one adhering to the specifications. There are two methods
-      you can take to solve this. First, see if your Linux vendor provides a
+      the kernel with one adhering to the specifications. There are two
+ways you can go about this.First, see if your Linux vendor provides a
       2.6 kernel package. If so, you may wish to install it. If your vendor
       doesn't offer a 2.6 kernel package, or you would prefer not to install it,
-      then you can compile a 2.6 kernel yourself. Instructions for compiling the
+      you can compile a 2.6 kernel yourself. Instructions for compiling the
       kernel and configuring the boot loader (assuming the host uses GRUB) are
       located in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para>

prologue/typography.xml

@@ -56 +56 @@
   <para>This format is used when creating configuration files. The first command
   tells the system to create the file <filename>$LFS/etc/group</filename> from
-  whatever is typed on the following lines until the sequence end of file (EOF)
+  whatever is typed on the following lines until the sequence End Of File (EOF)
   is encountered. Therefore, this entire section is generally typed as
   seen.</para>
@@ -71 +71 @@
   <para><filename>passwd(5)</filename></para>
 
-  <para>This format is used to refer to a specific manual page (hereinafter
-  referred to simply as a <quote>man</quote> page). The number inside parentheses
-  indicates a specific section inside of <command>man</command>. For example,
+  <para>This format is used to refer to a specific manual (man) page. The number inside parentheses
+  indicates a specific section inside the manuals. For example,
   <command>passwd</command> has two man pages. Per LFS installation instructions,
   those two man pages will be located at
   <filename>/usr/share/man/man1/passwd.1</filename> and
-  <filename>/usr/share/man/man5/passwd.5</filename>. Both man pages have different
-  information in them. When the book uses <filename>passwd(5)</filename> it is
+  <filename>/usr/share/man/man5/passwd.5</filename>. When the book uses <filename>passwd(5)</filename> it is
   specifically referring to <filename>/usr/share/man/man5/passwd.5</filename>.
   <command>man passwd</command> will print the first man page it finds that