Changeset 3c6ec690

Timestamp:

04/12/2001 11:58:46 PM (23 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, 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.3, 6.4, 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, v3_0, v3_1, v3_2, v3_3, v4_0, v4_1, v5_0, v5_1, v5_1_1, 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:

defa43c

Parents:

b16c005

Message:

Updates

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@478 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Files:

• chapter02/commands.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter04/introduction.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

chapter02/commands.xml

@@ -7 +7 @@
 used to dump to a shell and install the packages, though some files 
 need to be modified (for example, when the kbd package is 
-installed, it is needed to select the keyboard layout file, which can't be
-guessed).
+installed, you needed to select the keyboard layout file, becaue it can't 
+reliably be guessed).
 </para>
 
 <para>
-These files can be used to quickly find out which commands have been
-changed between the different LFS versions as well. A user just downloads the
+These files can also be used to quickly find out which commands have been
+changed between the different LFS versions as well. Download the
 lfs-commands tarball for this book version and the previous book version 
-and runs a diff on the files. That way it is possible to see which packages
-have 
-updated installation instructions, and he can modify his own scripts or 
-reinstall a package if it seems necessary.
+and run a diff on the files. That way it is possible to see which packages
+have updated installation instructions, so any scripts you may have can 
+be modified, or you can reinstall a package if you think that
+necessary.
 </para>
 

chapter04/introduction.xml

@@ -6 +6 @@
 the basic system. The version numbers printed correspond to versions of
 the software that is known to work and which this book is based on. 
-If the user 
-experiences problems which he can't solve himself, he should download the
+If you 
+experience problems which you can't solve yourself, then please download the
 version that
-is assumed in this book (in case he downloaded a newer version).
+is assumed in this book (in case you downloaded a newer version).
 </para>
 
@@ -23 +23 @@
 in <ulink url="appendixc.html">Appendix C - Official download locations
 </ulink>. The LFS FTP archive only contains the versions of packages 
-that are recommended for use in this book. Newer versions than the ones
-listed here might be found after having a look in Appendix C.
+that are recommended for use in this book. You can check the official
+sites in Appendix C to determin whether a newer package is available.
+If you do download a newer package, we would appreciate hearing
+whethere you were able to install the package using this book's
+instructions or not.
 </para>
 
 <para>
 Please note that all files downloaded from the LFS FTP archive are files
-compressed with bzip2 instead of gz. If the user does not know how to
-handle bz2
-files, he should read <ulink url="ch02-install.html">Chapter 2 - How to install
-the software</ulink>.
+compressed with bzip2 instead of gz. If you don't know how to
+handle bz2 files, check out 
+<ulink url="ch02-install.html">Chapter 2 - How to install the 
+software</ulink>.
 </para>
 
 <para>
-The list below is current as of April 2nd, 2001 (give or take a few
-packages).
+The list below is current as of April 2nd, 2001
 </para>