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    5 <para>If you have a problem while using this book, you'll find that most
    6 of the people on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and the mailing lists will be
    7 willing to help you.  You can find a list of the LFS mailing lists in
    8 <xref linkend="ch01-maillists"/>.  To assist us in helping though, you should
    9 make sure that you have as much relevant information as you can
    10 available.  This will assist in diagnosing and solving your problem.
    11 This part of the book will guide you as to which sort of information
    12 will be useful.</para>
     5<para>If you encounter a problem while using this book, you'll find that most
     6of the people on Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and on the mailing lists are
     7willing to help you.  (An overview of the LFS mailing lists you can find in
     8<xref linkend="ch01-maillists"/>.)  To assist us in diagnosing and solving
     9your problem, make sure to include as much relevant information
     10as possible in your request for help.</para>
    1311
    1412<sect2>
    15 <title>Basic Information</title>
     13<title>Things to mention</title>
    1614 
    17 <para>First of all we need a brief explanation of the problem.
    18 Essential things to include are:</para>
     15<para>Apart from a brief explanation of the problem you're having, the
     16essential things to include in your request are:</para>
    1917
    2018<itemizedlist>
    21 <listitem><para>The version of the book you are using, which is &version;</para></listitem>
    22 <listitem><para>Which package or section you are having problems with</para></listitem>
    23 <listitem><para>What the exact error message or symptom you are receiving is</para></listitem>
    24 <listitem><para>If you have deviated from the book at all</para></listitem>
     19<listitem><para>the version of the book you are using (being &version;),</para></listitem>
     20<listitem><para>the package or section you are having problems with,</para></listitem>
     21<listitem><para>the exact error message or symptom you are receiving,</para></listitem>
     22<listitem><para>whether you have deviated from the book at all.</para></listitem>
    2523</itemizedlist>
    2624
    27 <para>Note that saying that you've deviated from the book doesn't mean
    28 that we won't help you, after all, LFS is all about choice.  It'll just
    29 help us to see the possible other causes of your problem.</para>
     25<para>(Note that saying that you've deviated from the book doesn't mean
     26that we won't help you.  After all, LFS is about choice.  It'll just
     27help us to see other possible causes of your problem.)</para>
    3028
    3129</sect2>
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