Changeset cdc04a1 for prologue/standards.xml

Timestamp:

10/18/2022 08:31:34 AM (19 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0

Children:

2dc81d4

Parents:

04ca2a7 (diff), 0f9c02a (diff)
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Message:

Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/trunk' into xry111/arm64

File:

• prologue/standards.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

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. In addition to generic requirements
-        there are also architecture specific requirements.  There are also two
-        areas for trial use: Gtk3 and Graphics.  LFS attempts to conform to the
+        <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>
 
-        <note><para>Many people do not agree with the requirements of the LSB.
-        The main purpose of defining it is to ensure that proprietary software
-        will be able to be installed and run properly on a compliant system.
+        <note><para>Many people do not agree with these requirements.
+        The main purpose of the LSB is to ensure that proprietary software
+        can be installed and run on a compliant system.
         Since LFS is source based, the user has complete control over what
-        packages are desired and many choose not to install some packages that
+        packages are desired; you may choose not to install some packages that
         are specified by the LSB.</para></note>
 
@@ -48 +49 @@
     </itemizedlist>
 
-    <para>Creating a complete LFS system capable of passing the LSB
-    certifications tests is possible, but not without many additional packages
-    that are beyond the scope of LFS.  These additional packages have
-    installation instructions in BLFS. </para>
+    <para>While it is possible to create a complete system that will pass the LSB
+    certification tests "from scratch", this can't be done without many additional packages
+    that are beyond the scope of the LFS book.  Installation instructions for these
+    additional packages can be found in BLFS. </para>
 
     <variablelist>