Changeset 856169b for chapter03

Timestamp:

02/23/2022 04:45:10 AM (2 years ago)

Author:

Thomas Trepl (Moody) <thomas@…>

Branches:

multilib

Children:

f7cac90f

Parents:

f0275e9 (diff), a8c8498 (diff)
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Message:

Automatic merge of trunk into multilib

File:

• chapter03/introduction.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter03/introduction.xml

@@ -14 +14 @@
   order to build 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 against using newer versions because the build
-  commands for one version may not work with a newer version. The newest package
+  their use. We highly recommend against using different versions because the build
+  commands for one version may not work with a different version. The newest package
   versions may also have problems that require work-arounds. These work-arounds
   will be developed and stabilized in the development version of the
   book.</para>
+
+  <para>For some packages, the release tarball and the (Git or SVN)
+  repository snapshot tarball for this release may be published with
+  similar file name.  A release tarball contains generated files (for
+  example, <command>configure</command> script generated by
+  <command>autoconf</command>), in addition to the contents of the
+  corresponding repository snapshot.  The book uses release tarballs
+  whenever possible. Using a repository snapshot instead of a release
+  tarball specified by the book will cause problems.</para>
 
   <para>Download locations may not always be accessible. If a download