Changeset 89fcc34 for chapter06/ed-inst.xml

Timestamp:

08/29/2003 11:20:23 PM (21 years ago)

Author:

Alex Gronenwoud <alex@…>

Branches:

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Children:

5e49531

Parents:

b1d68a4

Message:

Putting text before the 'make check's, and smoothing the other lines.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2695 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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• chapter06/ed-inst.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

chapter06/ed-inst.xml

@@ -9 +9 @@
 days.</para></note>
 
-<para>Ed uses mktemp to create temporary files in <filename
-class="directory">/tmp</filename>, but this function has a security
-vulnerability (see section on Temporary Files in <ulink
-url="http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Secure-Programs-HOWTO/avoid-race.html"/>). This
-patch makes Ed use mkstemp instead, which is the recommended way to create
-temporary files.</para>
+<para>Ed normally uses the mktemp function to create temporary files in
+<filename class="directory">/tmp</filename>, but this function contains a
+vulnerability (see the section on Temporary Files in <ulink
+url="http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Secure-Programs-HOWTO/avoid-race.html"/>). The
+following patch makes Ed use mkstemp instead, which is the recommended way to
+create temporary files.</para>
 
 <para>Apply the patch:</para>
@@ -20 +20 @@
 <para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../ed-&ed-patch-version;.patch</userinput></screen></para>
 
-<para>Prepare Ed to be compiled:</para>
+<para>Now prepare Ed for compilation:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen></para>
 
-<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>
+<para>Compile the package:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>
 
+<para>Test the results:</para>
+
 <para><screen><userinput>make check</userinput></screen></para>
 
-<para>And finish off installing the package:</para>
+<para>Install the package:</para>
 
 <para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>
 
-<para>We need to move the Ed binaries to the <filename
-class="directory">/bin</filename> directory so they may be used in the event
-that the <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> partition is
+<para>And move the programs to the <filename>/bin</filename> directory, so
+they can be used in the event that the <filename>/usr</filename> partition is
 unavailable.</para>
 
@@ -42 +43 @@
 
 </sect2>
+