Changeset 4e62907

Timestamp:

10/05/2003 08:56:39 AM (21 years ago)

Author:

Greg Schafer <greg@…>

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, 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:

7da1bff

Parents:

ec0ce9c

Message:

Miscellaneous fixes from the list. Thanks Bruce.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2921 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

Files:

• chapter03/creatingfs.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter05/introduction.xml (modified) (4 diffs)
• chapter06/chroot.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter06/gzip-inst.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter03/creatingfs.xml

@@ -3 +3 @@
 <?dbhtml filename="creatingfs.html" dir="chapter03"?>
 
-<para>Now the partition has been made, we can create a file system on it.
+<para>Now that we have a blank partition, we can create a file system on it.
 Most widely used in the Linux world is the second extended file system (ext2),
 but with the high-capacity hard disks of today the so-called journaling file

chapter05/introduction.xml

@@ -13 +13 @@
 
 <para>The files compiled in this chapter will be installed under the
-<filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory,
+<filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory
 to keep them separate from the files installed in the next chapter.
 Since the packages compiled here are merely temporary, we don't want
@@ -19 +19 @@
 
 <para>The key to learning what makes a Linux system work is to know
-what each package is used for, why the user or the system needs it.
+what each package is used for and why the user or the system needs it.
 For this purpose a short summary of the content of each package is given
 before the actual installation instructions. For a short description of
@@ -27 +27 @@
 <para>Several of the packages are patched before compilation, but only when
 the patch is needed to circumvent a problem. Often the patch is needed in
-both this and the next chapter, but sometimes in only one of them. So, don't
-worry when instructions for a downloaded patch seem to be missing.</para>
+both this and the next chapter, but sometimes in only one of them. Therefore,
+don't worry when instructions for a downloaded patch seem to be missing.</para>
 
 <para>During the installation of most packages you will
@@ -38 +38 @@
 
 <para>Before continuing, make sure the LFS environment variable is set up
-properly (if you decided to make use of it) by executing the following:</para>
+properly by executing the following:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>echo $LFS</userinput></screen></para>

chapter06/chroot.xml

@@ -9 +9 @@
 
 <para>Just like earlier, ensure the LFS environment variable is set up properly
-(if you decided to make use of it) by running <userinput>echo $LFS</userinput>
-and ensuring it shows the path to your LFS partition's mount point, which is
+by running <userinput>echo $LFS</userinput> and ensuring it shows the path to
+your LFS partition's mount point, which is
 <filename class="directory">/mnt/lfs</filename> if you followed our
 example.</para>

chapter06/gzip-inst.xml

@@ -8 +8 @@
 <para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen></para>
 
-<para>The gzexe program has the location of the gzip binary hardcoded into
+<para>The gzexe program has the location of the gzip binary hard-wired into
 it.  Because we later change the location of this binary, the following
 command will place the new location into the gzexe binary.</para>