Changeset 69993f4 for chapter03/introduction.xml

Timestamp:

08/29/2004 06:36:34 PM (20 years ago)

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

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6.0

Children:

8b320e7

Parents:

ec0a37e6

Message:

Second round of edits for final release

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/testing/BOOK@4066 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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• chapter03/introduction.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

chapter03/introduction.xml

@@ -8 +8 @@
 <?dbhtml filename="introduction.html"?>
 
-<para>Below is a list of packages that need to be download for building 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 not using newer versions, as the build
-commands for one version may not work with a newer version. The newest
-package versions may also have problems that work-arounds have
-not been developed for yet.</para>
+<para>This chapter includes a list of packages that need to be
+download for building 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 not using newer
+versions because the build commands for one version may not work with
+a newer version. The newest package versions may also have problems
+that work-arounds have not been developed for yet.</para>
 
 <para>All the URLs, when possible, refer to the package's information
 page at <ulink url="http://www.freshmeat.net/"/>. The Freshmeat pages
 provide easy access to official download sites, as well as project
-websites, mailing lists, FAQs, changelogs, and more.</para>
+websites, mailing lists, FAQ, changelogs, and more.</para>
 
 <para>Download locations may not always be accessible. If a download
@@ -28 +28 @@
 url="&lfs-root;lfs/packages.html"/>.</para>
 
-<para>Downloaded packages and patches will need to be stores somewhere
+<para>Downloaded packages and patches will need to be stored somewhere
 that is conveniently available throughout the entire build. A working
 directory is also required to unpack the sources and build them.
@@ -43 +43 @@
 <screen><userinput>mkdir $LFS/sources</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>Make this directory writable (and sticky -- which basically
-means that eventhough a user may have write permissions on a
-directory, the sticky tag prevents users from removing files they do
-not own as normally write permission on a directory means the owner of
-the directory can remove all files in it, even if he does not own the
-file) for your normal user -- as you won't do the downloading as root, we
-guess:</para>
+<para>Make this directory writable and sticky. <quote>Sticky</quote>
+means that even if multiple users have write permission on a
+directory, only the owner of a file can delete the file within a
+sticky directory. The following command will enable the write and
+sticky modes:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput>chmod a+wt $LFS/sources</userinput></screen>