Changeset 90b56f5


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Timestamp:
07/01/2005 10:40:30 PM (19 years ago)
Author:
Archaic <archaic@…>
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6.1, 6.1.1
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Message:

Round 2 of several minor wording changes in chapter 6. (merged from trunk r6258)

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/branches/6.1/BOOK@6299 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

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  • chapter06/coreutils.xml

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    3737<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../coreutils-&coreutils-version;-uname-2.patch</userinput></screen>
    3838
    39 <para>Prevent Coreutils from installing binaries that will be later be
     39<para>Prevent Coreutils from installing binaries that will later be
    4040installed by other packages:</para>
    4141
    … …  
    5151<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    5252
    53 <para>The test suite of Coreutils makes several invalid assumptions about the
    54 presence of system users and groups. Therefore, additional items need to be set
    55 up before running the tests. Skip down to <quote>Install the package</quote> if
    56 not running the test suite.</para>
     53<para>The test suite of Coreutils makes several assumptions about the presence
     54of system users and groups that are not valid within the minimal environment
     55that exists at the moment. Therefore, additional items need to be set up before
     56running the tests. Skip down to <quote>Install the package</quote> if not
     57running the test suite.</para>
    5758
    5859<para>Create two dummy groups and a dummy user:</para>

  • chapter06/e2fsprogs.xml

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    5151<varlistentry>
    5252<term><parameter>--with-root-prefix=""</parameter></term>
    53 <listitem><para>Certain programs (such as the
    54 <command>e2fsck</command> program) are considered essential programs.
    55 When, for example, <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> is not
    56 mounted, these essential programs need to be available. They belong in
    57 directories like <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and
    58 <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. If this option is not
    59 passed to E2fsprogs' configure, the programs are installed into the
    60 <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> directory, which is not
    61 where they should be.</para></listitem>
     53<listitem><para>Certain programs (such as the <command>e2fsck</command> program)
     54are considered essential programs.  When, for example, <filename
     55class="directory">/usr</filename> is not mounted, these essential programs need
     56to be available. They belong in directories like <filename
     57class="directory">/lib</filename> and <filename
     58class="directory">/sbin</filename>. If this option is not passed to E2fsprogs'
     59configure, the programs are installed into the <filename
     60class="directory">/usr</filename> directory.</para></listitem>
     61
    6262</varlistentry>
    6363
    … …  
    8888<beginpage/>
    8989
    90 <para>Install most of the package:</para>
     90<para>Install the binaries and documentation:</para>
    9191
    9292<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
    … …  
    265265<term><command>mke2fs</command></term>
    266266<listitem>
    267 <para>Is used to create a second extended file system on the given
    268 device</para>
     267<para>Creates an ext2 or ext3 file system on the given device</para>
    269268<indexterm zone="ch-system-e2fsprogs mke2fs"><primary sortas="b-mke2fs">mke2fs</primary></indexterm>
    270269</listitem>

  • chapter06/file.xml

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    1111
    1212<sect2 role="package"><title/>
    13 <para>The File package contains a utility for determining the type of files.</para>
     13<para>The File package contains a utility for determining the type of a given
     14file or files.</para>
    1415
    1516<segmentedlist>

  • chapter06/findutils.xml

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    3737    --localstatedir=/var/lib/locate</userinput></screen>
    3838
    39 <para>The <parameter>localstatedir</parameter> directive above changes the
     39<para>The <parameter>localstatedir</parameter> option above changes the
    4040location of the <command>locate</command> database to be in <filename
    4141class="directory">/var/lib/locate</filename>, which is FHS-compliant.</para>

  • chapter06/flex.xml

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    116116<term><command>lex</command></term>
    117117<listitem>
    118 <para>Script that runs <command>flex</command> in <command>lex</command>
     118<para>A script that runs <command>flex</command> in <command>lex</command>
    119119emulation mode</para>
    120120<indexterm zone="ch-system-flex lex"><primary sortas="b-lex">lex</primary></indexterm>

  • chapter06/gettext.xml

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    195195<term><command>msgfmt</command></term>
    196196<listitem>
    197 <para>Generates a binary message catalog from from a translation catalog</para>
     197<para>Generates a binary message catalog from a translation catalog</para>
    198198<indexterm zone="ch-system-gettext msgfmt"><primary sortas="b-msgfmt">msgfmt</primary></indexterm>
    199199</listitem>

  • chapter06/groff.xml

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    105105
    106106<varlistentry id="geqn">
    107 <term><command>eqn</command></term>
     107<term><command>geqn</command></term>
    108108<listitem>
    109109<para>A link to <command>eqn</command></para>
    … …  
    197197<term><command>gtbl</command></term>
    198198<listitem>
    199 <para>Is the GNU implementation of <command>tbl</command></para>
     199<para>A link to <command>tbl</command></para>
    200200<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff gtbl"><primary sortas="b-gtbl">gtbl</primary></indexterm>
    201201</listitem>
    … …  
    361361<term><command>zsoelim</command></term>
    362362<listitem>
    363 <para>Is the GNU implementation of <command>soelim</command></para>
     363<para>A link to <command>soelim</command></para>
    364364<indexterm zone="ch-system-groff zsoelim"><primary sortas="b-zsoelim">zsoelim</primary></indexterm>
    365365</listitem>

  • chapter06/gzip.xml

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    8484<term><command>compress</command></term>
    8585<listitem>
    86 <para>Compresses and uncompresses compressed files</para>
     86<para>Compresses and decompresses files</para>
    8787<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip compress"><primary sortas="b-compress">compress</primary></indexterm>
    8888</listitem>
    … …  
    100100<term><command>gzexe</command></term>
    101101<listitem>
    102 <para>Creates self-uncompressing executable files</para>
     102<para>Creates self-decompressing executable files</para>
    103103<indexterm zone="ch-system-gzip gzexe"><primary sortas="b-gzexe">gzexe</primary></indexterm>
    104104</listitem>

  • chapter06/hotplug.xml

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    4646<screen><userinput>rm -rf /etc/init.d</userinput></screen>
    4747
    48 <para>Network device hotplugging is not supported by LFS bootscripts yet. For
     48<para>Network device hotplugging is not supported by LFS-Bootscripts yet. For
    4949that reason, remove the network hotplug agent:</para>
    5050

  • chapter06/iana-etc.xml

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    2828<title>Installation of Iana-Etc</title>
    2929
    30 <para>Parse the data:</para>
     30<para>The following command converts the raw data provided by IANA into the
     31correct formats for the <filename>/etc/protocols</filename> and
     32<filename>/etc/services</filename> data files:</para>
    3133
    3234<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

  • chapter06/iproute2.xml

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    112112        <listitem>
    113113          <para>Shows the interface statistics, including the amount of transmitted
    114                 and received packages by interface</para>
     114                and received packets by interface</para>
    115115          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifstat">
    116116            <primary sortas="b-ifstat">ifstat</primary>

  • chapter06/kbd.xml

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    102102<term><command>getunimap</command></term>
    103103<listitem>
    104 <para>Prints the currently used unimap</para>
     104<para>Prints the currently used unicode-to-font mapping table</para>
    105105<indexterm zone="ch-system-kbd getunimap"><primary sortas="b-getunimap">getunimap</primary></indexterm>
    106106</listitem>

  • chapter06/man.xml

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    6767<screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
    6868
    69 <note><para>To disable Select Graphic Rendition (SGR) escape
    70 sequences, edit the <filename>man.conf</filename> file and
    71 add the <parameter>-c</parameter> switch to
    72 the <envar>NROFF</envar> variable.</para></note>
     69<note><para>If you will be working on a terminal that does not support text
     70attributes such as color and bold, you can disable Select Graphic Rendition
     71(SGR) escape sequences by editing the <filename>man.conf</filename> file and
     72adding the <parameter>-c</parameter> option to the <envar>NROFF</envar>
     73variable. If you use multiple terminal types for one computer it may be better
     74to selectively add the <envar>GROFF_NO_SGR</envar> environment variable for the
     75terminals that do not support SGR.</para></note>
    7376
    74 <para>If the character set uses 8-bit characters, search for the line
    75 beginning with <quote>NROFF</quote> in
    76 <filename>/etc/man.conf</filename>, and verify that it looks as
    77 follows:</para>
     77<para>If the character set of the locale uses 8-bit characters, search for the
     78line beginning with <quote>NROFF</quote> in <filename>/etc/man.conf</filename>,
     79and verify that it looks as follows:</para>
    7880
    7981<screen>NROFF  /usr/bin/nroff -Tlatin1 -mandoc</screen>

  • chapter06/module-init-tools.xml

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    4040
    4141<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix="" --enable-zlib</userinput></screen>
     42
     43<para>The meaning of the configure options:</para>
     44
     45<variablelist>
     46<varlistentry>
     47<term><parameter>--enable-zlib</parameter></term>
     48<listitem><para>This allows the Module-Init-Tools package to handle compressed
     49kernel modules.</para></listitem>
     50</varlistentry>
     51</variablelist>
    4252
    4353<para>Compile the package:</para>

  • chapter06/ncurses.xml

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    5757<screen><userinput>mv /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5* /lib</userinput></screen>
    5858
    59 <para>Because the libraries have been moved, a few symlinks are pointing to
     59<para>Because the libraries have been moved, a few symlinks point to
    6060non-existent files. Recreate those symlinks:</para>
    6161

  • chapter06/perl.xml

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    5151
    5252<para>To run the test suite, first create a basic
    53 <filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file which is needed by a couple of
    54 tests to resolve the network name localhost:</para>
     53<filename>/etc/hosts</filename> file which is needed by a couple of the tests to
     54resolve the network name localhost:</para>
    5555
    5656<screen><userinput>echo "127.0.0.1 localhost $(hostname)" &gt; /etc/hosts</userinput></screen>

  • chapter06/psmisc.xml

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    1111
    1212<sect2 role="package"><title/>
    13 <para>The Psmisc package contains programs for displaying information on
    14 processes.</para>
     13<para>The Psmisc package contains programs for displaying information about
     14running processes.</para>
    1515
    1616<segmentedlist>

  • chapter06/readline.xml

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    1111
    1212<sect2 role="package"><title/>
    13 <para>The Readline package contains the Readline command-line library.</para>
     13<para>The Readline package is a set of libraries that offers command-line
     14editing and history capabilities.</para>
    1415
    1516<segmentedlist>
    … …  
    2930<title>Installation of Readline</title>
    3031
    31 <para>The following patch includes a fix for the problem where
    32 Readline sometimes only shows 33 characters on a line and then wraps
    33 to the next line. It also includes other fixes recommended by the
    34 Readline author.</para>
     32<para>The following patch includes a fix for a problem where Readline sometimes
     33only shows 33 characters on a line and then wraps to the next line. It also
     34includes other fixes recommended by the Readline author.</para>
    3535
    3636<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../readline-&readline-version;-fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
    … …  
    6262<screen><userinput>chmod 755 /lib/lib{readline,history}.so*</userinput></screen>
    6363
    64 <para>Now we move the static libraries to a more appropriate
    65 location:</para>
     64<para>Now move the static libraries to a more appropriate location:</para>
    6665
    6766<screen><userinput>mv /lib/lib{readline,history}.a /usr/lib</userinput></screen>
    6867
    69 <para>Next we will remove the <filename class="extension">.so</filename> files in
    70 <filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and relink them into
    71 <filename class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>.</para>
     68<para>Next, remove the <filename class="extension">.so</filename> files in
     69<filename class="directory">/lib</filename> and relink them into <filename
     70class="directory">/usr/lib</filename>.</para>
    7271
    7372<screen><userinput>rm /lib/lib{readline,history}.so

  • chapter06/shadow.xml

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    4949
    5050<para id="shadow-limits-login_access">Shadow uses two files to configure
    51 authentication settings for the system. Install these two config files:</para>
     51authentication settings for the system. Install these two configuration
     52files:</para>
    5253
    5354<indexterm zone="shadow-limits-login_access"><primary sortas="e-/etc/limits">/etc/limits</primary></indexterm>
    … …  
    165166<term><command>chfn</command></term>
    166167<listitem>
    167 <para>Used to change a user's full name and other info</para>
     168<para>Used to change a user's full name and other information</para>
    168169<indexterm zone="ch-system-shadow chfn"><primary sortas="b-chfn">chfn</primary></indexterm>
    169170</listitem>

  • chapter06/vim.xml

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    6868<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
    6969
    70 <para>To test the results, issue:
    71 <userinput>make test</userinput>. However, this test suite outputs a
    72 lot of chaotic characters to the screen, which can cause issues with
    73 the settings of the current terminal. Therefore, running the test
    74 suite here is optional.</para>
     70<para>To test the results, issue: <userinput>make test</userinput>. However,
     71this test suite outputs a lot of binary data to the screen, which can cause
     72issues with the settings of the current terminal. This can be resolved by
     73redirecting the output to a log file.</para>
    7574
    7675<para>Install the package:</para>
    … …  
    9897<indexterm zone="conf-vim"><primary sortas="e-/etc/vim">/etc/vim</primary></indexterm>
    9998
    100 <para>By default, <command>vim</command> runs in vi-incompatible mode.
    101 This may be new to users who have used other editors in the past. The
    102 <quote>nocompatible</quote> setting is included below to highlight the
    103 fact that a new behavior is being used. It also reminds those who
    104 would change to <quote>compatible</quote> mode that it should appear
    105 first. This is necessary because it changes other settings, and
    106 overrides must come after this setting.  Create a default <command>vim</command>
     99<para>By default, <command>vim</command> runs in vi-incompatible mode. This may
     100be new to users who have used other editors in the past. The
     101<quote>nocompatible</quote> setting is included below to highlight the fact that
     102a new behavior is being used. It also reminds those who would change to
     103<quote>compatible</quote> mode that it should be the first setting in the
     104configuration file. This is necessary because it changes other settings, and
     105overrides must come after this setting. Create a default <command>vim</command>
    107106configuration file by running the following:</para>
    108107
    … …  
    232231<term><command>shtags.pl</command></term>
    233232<listitem>
    234 <para>Generates a tag file for Perl scripts</para>
     233<para>Generates a tags file for Perl scripts</para>
    235234<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim shtags.pl"><primary sortas="b-shtags.pl">shtags.pl</primary></indexterm>
    236235</listitem>
    … …  
    240239<term><command>tcltags</command></term>
    241240<listitem>
    242 <para>Generates a tag file for TCL code</para>
     241<para>Generates a tags file for TCL code</para>
    243242<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim tcltags"><primary sortas="b-tcltags">tcltags</primary></indexterm>
    244243</listitem>
    … …  
    304303<term><command>vimspell.sh</command></term>
    305304<listitem>
    306 <para>Spells a file and generates the syntax statements necessary
    307 to highlight in <command>vim</command>. This script requires the old Unix <command>spell</command>
    308 command, which is provided neither in LFS nor in BLFS</para>
     305<para>Spell checks a file and generates the syntax statements necessary to
     306highlight in <command>vim</command>. This script requires the old Unix
     307<command>spell</command> command, which is provided neither in LFS nor in
     308BLFS</para>
    309309<indexterm zone="ch-system-vim vimspell.sh"><primary sortas="b-vimspell.sh">vimspell.sh</primary></indexterm>
    310310</listitem>

  • chapter06/zlib.xml

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    1111
    1212<sect2 role="package"><title/>
    13 <para>The Zlib package contains compression and un-compression routines used by
     13<para>The Zlib package contains compression and decompression routines used by
    1414some programs.</para>
    1515
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