Changeset a8af0c8

Timestamp:

10/18/2022 10:30:10 PM (18 months ago)

Author:

Thomas Trepl (Moody) <thomas@…>

Branches:

multilib

Children:

2ebdd8c

Parents:

353b104 (diff), 347bbda (diff)
Note: this is a merge changeset, the changes displayed below correspond to the merge itself.
Use the (diff) links above to see all the changes relative to each parent.

Message:

Automatic merge of trunk into multilib

Files:

• chapter01/how.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter01/resources.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• chapter01/whatsnew.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• chapter08/man-pages.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• prologue/standards.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• prologue/why.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

chapter01/how.xml

@@ -55 +55 @@
 
   <para><xref linkend="chapter-chroot-temporary-tools"/> then enters a
-  "chroot" environment, which uses the new tools to build all
+  "chroot" environment, where we use the new tools to build all
   the rest of the tools needed to create the LFS system.</para>
 

chapter01/resources.xml

@@ -24 +24 @@
     <title>Mailing Lists</title>
 
-    <para>The <uri>linuxfromscratch.org</uri> server hosts a number of mailing
+    <para>The <systemitem class='domainname'>linuxfromscratch.org</systemitem>
+    server hosts a number of mailing
     lists used for the development of the LFS project. These lists include the
-    main development and support lists, among others. If the FAQ do not solve
-    the problem you are having, the next step would be to search the mailing
-    lists at <ulink url="&lfs-root;search.html"/>.</para>
+    main development and support lists, among others. If you cannot find an
+    answer to your problem on the FAQ page, the next step would be to search
+    the mailing lists at <ulink url="&lfs-root;search.html"/>.</para>
 
     <para>For information on the different lists, how to subscribe, archive
@@ -57 +58 @@
     Relay Chat (IRC). Before using this support, please make sure your
     question is not already answered in the LFS FAQ or the mailing list
-    archives. You can find the IRC network at <uri>irc.libera.chat</uri>.
+    archives. You can find the IRC network at
+    <systemitem class='domainname'>irc.libera.chat</systemitem>.
     The support channel is named #lfs-support.</para>
 

chapter01/whatsnew.xml

@@ -15 +15 @@
   and <parameter>--enable-default-ssp</parameter> are enabled for GCC.
   These techniques can mitigate some malicious attacks, but they do not provide
-  perfect security.  If you are reading LFS and a programming textbook,
+  perfect security.  Note that some textbooks assume these options are
+  disabled, so that if you run examples from such a textbook on an LFS system,
   you may need to disable PIE and SSP with the GCC options
-  <parameter>-fno-pie -no-pie -fno-stack-protection</parameter>,
-  because some textbooks assume these options are disabled by default.</para>
+  <parameter>-fno-pie -no-pie -fno-stack-protection</parameter>.</para>
 
   <para>Here is a list of the packages updated since the previous

chapter08/man-pages.xml

@@ -24 +24 @@
     <title/>
 
-    <para>The Man-pages package contains over 2,200 man pages.</para>
+    <para>The Man-pages package contains over 2,400 man pages.</para>
 
     <segmentedlist>

prologue/standards.xml

@@ -32 +32 @@
         Standard Base (LSB) Version 5.0 (2015)</ulink></para>
 
-        <para>The LSB has four separate standards: Core, Desktop,
-        Runtime Languages, and Imaging. There are generic requirements,
-        and also architecture specific requirements.  There are also two
-        trial standards: Gtk3 and Graphics.  LFS attempts to conform to the
-        LASB standards for the IA32 / IA64 (Intel) and AMD64 (AMD)
+        <para>The LSB has four separate specifications: Core, Desktop,
+        Runtime Languages, and Imaging.  Some parts of Core and Desktop
+        specifications are architecture specific.  There are also two trial
+        specifications: Gtk3 and Graphics.  LFS attempts to conform to the LSB
+        specifications for the IA32 (32-bit x86) or AMD64 (x86_64)
         architectures discussed in the previous section.</para>
 

prologue/why.xml

@@ -142 +142 @@
 
         <para>This package is a device manager.  It dynamically controls the ownership,
-        permissions, names, and symbolic links of devices in the /dev directory when
+        permissions, names, and symbolic links of device nodes in the /dev directory when
         devices are added to or removed from the system.
         </para>
@@ -233 +233 @@
 
         <para>This package produces a program that generates a perfect hash
-        function from a set of keys. It is required by Eudev.</para>
+        function from a set of keys. It is required by
+        <phrase revision='sysv'>Eudev</phrase>
+        <phrase revision='systemd'>Systemd</phrase>.</para>
       </listitem>
 
@@ -320 +322 @@
 
         <para>This package contains a very nice text file viewer that
-        allows scrolling up or down when viewing a file. It is also used 
-        when viewing manpages.</para>
+        allows scrolling up or down when viewing a file.
+        Many packages use it for paging the output.</para>
       </listitem>