Changeset 8816fe7 for chapter08/python.xml

Timestamp:

04/21/2022 03:24:54 PM (2 years ago)

Author:

William Harrington <kb0iic@…>

Branches:

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Children:

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Parents:

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git-author:

Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@…> (04/21/2022 01:43:49 PM)

git-committer:

William Harrington <kb0iic@…> (04/21/2022 03:24:54 PM)

Message:

Minor rewording of pip3 recommendations

File:

• chapter08/python.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter08/python.xml

@@ -112 +112 @@
     <important>
       <para>
-        In LFS and BLFS, we normally build and install Python modules with
-        <command>pip3</command>.  Please take care that the
+        In LFS and BLFS we normally build and install Python modules with the
+        <command>pip3</command> command.  Please take care that the
         <command>pip3 install</command> commands in both the books should be
-        run as &root; unless it's for a Python virtual environment.  Running
-        a <command>pip3 install</command> as a non-&root; user may seems to
-        work fine, but it will cause the installed module unaccessible by
-        other users.
+        run as ithe &root; user unless it's for a Python virtual environment.
+        Running a <command>pip3 install</command> as a non-&root; user may seem
+        to work fine, but it will cause the installed module to be inaccessible
+        by other users.
       </para>
+
       <para>
-        <command>pip3 install</command> will not reinstall an already
-        installed module by default.  For using the
-        <command>pip3 install</command> command to upgrade a module (for
-        example, from meson-0.61.3 to meson-0.62.0), append
-        <parameter>-U</parameter> to the command line.  If it's really
-        necessary to downgrade a module or reinstall the same version for
-        some reason, append <parameter>--force-reinstall</parameter> to
-        the command line.
+        <command>pip3 install</command> will not reinstall an already installed
+        module by default.  For using the <command>pip3 install</command>
+        command to upgrade a module (for example, from meson-0.61.3 to
+        meson-0.62.0), insert the option <parameter>--upgrade</parameter> into
+        the command line.  If it's really necessary to downgrade a module or
+        reinstall the same version for some reason, insert 
+        <parameter>--force-reinstall</parameter> into the command line.
       </para>
     </important>