Changeset 69993f4 for chapter05/glibc.xml

Timestamp:

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

Author:

Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>

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6.0

Children:

8b320e7

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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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• chapter05/glibc.xml (modified) (8 diffs)

chapter05/glibc.xml

@@ -77 +77 @@
 <varlistentry>
 <term><parameter>--with-__thread</parameter></term>
-<listitem><para>This tells Glibc to include thread support. This is
+<listitem><para>This option tells Glibc to include thread support. It is
 required in order for TLS to be properly compiled.</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
@@ -104 +104 @@
 <varlistentry>
 <term><parameter>--without-cvs</parameter></term>
-<listitem><para>This is meant to prevent the Makefile files from
+<listitem><para>This prevents the Makefile files from
 attempting automatic CVS checkouts when using a CVS snapshot. While
 this command is not required, it is recommended because it suppresses
@@ -114 +114 @@
 <term><parameter>--with-headers=/tools/glibc-kernheaders</parameter></term>
 <listitem><para>This tells Glibc to compile itself against the <quote>raw</quote> 
-kernel headers, so that it knows exactly what features the kernel has, and can 
-optimize itself accordingly. Not strictly necessary, but nice to use.</para></listitem>
+kernel headers, so that it knows exactly what features the kernel has and can 
+optimize itself accordingly.</para></listitem>
 </varlistentry>
 </variablelist>
 
-<para>During this stage you might see the following warning:</para>
+<para>During this stage the following warning might appear:</para>
 
 <blockquote><screen><computeroutput>configure: WARNING:
@@ -127 +127 @@
 
 <para>The missing or incompatible <command>msgfmt</command> program is
-generally harmless, but it is believed it can sometimes cause issues when
-running the test suite. <command>msgfmt</command> is part of the
-Gettext package which your distribution should provide. If you do have
-<command>msgfmt</command> but it is deemed incompatible, you have the
-option to upgrade your host system's Gettext package, or you can
-continue without it and see if the test suite runs without problems
-regardless.</para>
+generally harmless, but it can sometimes cause issues when running the
+test suite. This <command>msgfmt</command> program is part of the
+Gettext package which the host distribution should provide. If
+<command>msgfmt</command> is present but deemed incompatible, upgrade
+the host system's Gettext package or continue without it and see if
+the test suite runs without problems regardless.</para>
 
 <para>Compile the package:</para>
@@ -149 +148 @@
 importance, please see <xref linkend="ch-system-glibc"/>.</para>
 
-<para>In this chapter, some tests can be adversely affected by
+<para>In this chapter, some tests can be adversely effected by
 existing tools or environmental issues on the host system. Glibc test
-suite failures in this chapter are not typically worrisome. The Glibc
+suite failures in this chapter are typically not worrisome. The Glibc
 installed in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/> is the one that
-will ultimately end up being used, so that is the one that should pass
+will ultimately end up being used, so that is the one that needs to pass
 most tests (even in <xref linkend="chapter-building-system"/>, some
 failures could still occur, for example, with the math tests).</para>
@@ -176 +175 @@
 <para>Different countries and cultures have varying conventions for
 how to communicate. These conventions range from the format for
-representing dates and times to more complex ones, such as the
-language spoken. The <quote>internationalization</quote> of GNU programs works by
-locale.</para>
+representing dates and times to more complex issues, such as the
+language spoken. The <quote>internationalization</quote> of GNU
+programs works by locale.</para>
 
 <note><para>If the test suites are not being run in this chapter (as
@@ -190 +189 @@
 <screen><userinput>make localedata/install-locales</userinput></screen>
 
-<para>To save yourself a lot of time, an alternative to running the
+<para>To save time, an alternative to running the
 previous command (which generates and installs every locale Glibc is
 aware of) is to install only those locales that are wanted and needed.
@@ -219 +218 @@
 
 <sect2 role="content"><title/>
-<para>The details on this package are found in <xref linkend="contents-glibc"/>.</para>
+<para>Details on this package are located in <xref linkend="contents-glibc"/>.</para>
 </sect2>