Changeset a3ebe8a for chapter08/ninja.xml

Timestamp:

12/08/2022 11:23:07 PM (17 months ago)

Author:

David Bryant <davidbryant@…>

Branches:

11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, bdubbs/gcc13, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

3c07bb9

Parents:

d988306

Message:

Corrected capitalization of the package name. This was hard to do
because some references appear to refer to the program itself, and
not to the package. Corrected English idiom here and there.

File:

• chapter08/ninja.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

chapter08/ninja.xml

@@ -37 +37 @@
 
     <tip revision="sysv">
-      <para>This section is not strictly required for LFS if not using
-      systemd. On the other hand, ninja associated to meson makes
+      <para>This section is not strictly required when LFS does not use
+      systemd. On the other hand, Ninja, along with Meson, makes
       a powerful build system combination,
-      which is expected to be used more and more often. It is required for
+      which will probably be used more and more often. It is required for
       several packages in <ulink url="&blfs-book;">the BLFS
       book</ulink>.</para>
@@ -50 +50 @@
     <title>Installation of Ninja</title>
 
-    <para>When run, ninja normally runs a maximum number of processes
-    in parallel.  By default this is the number of cores on the system
-    plus two.  In some cases this can overheat a CPU or run a system out
-    of memory.  If run from the command line, passing a -jN parameter
-    will limit the number of parallel processes, but some packages
-    embed the execution of ninja and do not pass a -j parameter.</para>
+    <para>When run, ninja normally utilizes the greatest possible number of processes
+    in parallel.  By default this is the number of cores on the system,
+    plus two.  This may overheat the CPU, or make the system run out
+    of memory.  When ninja is invoked from the command line, passing the -jN parameter
+    will limit the number of parallel processes. Some packages
+    embed the execution of ninja, and do not pass the -j parameter on to it.</para>
 
     <para>Using the <emphasis>optional</emphasis> procedure below allows a user to
@@ -65 +65 @@
     will limit ninja to four parallel processes.</para>
 
-    <para>If desired, add the capability to use the environment variable
-    NINJAJOBS by running:</para>
+    <para>If desired, make ninja recognize the environment variable
+    NINJAJOBS by running the stream editor:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/int Guess/a \
@@ -85 +85 @@
         <term><parameter>--bootstrap</parameter></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>This parameter forces ninja to rebuild itself for the current
+          <para>This parameter forces Ninja to rebuild itself for the current
           system.</para>
         </listitem>