Changeset cdc04a1 for prologue/why.xml


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    1111  <title>Rationale for Packages in the Book</title>
    1212
    13     <para>As stated earlier, the goal of LFS is to build a complete and usable
    14     foundation-level system.  This includes all packages needed to replicate
    15     itself while providing a relatively minimal base from which to customize
    16     a more complete system based on the choices of the user.  This does not
     13    <para>The goal of LFS is to build a complete and usable
     14    foundation-level system&mdash;including all the packages needed to replicate
     15    itself&mdash;and providing a relatively minimal base from which to customize
     16    a more complete system based on the user's choices.  This does not
    1717    mean that LFS is the smallest system possible.  Several important packages
    18     are included that are not strictly required.  The lists below document the
    19     rationale for each package in the book.</para>
     18    are included that are not, strictly speaking, required.  The list below documents the
     19    reasons each package in the book has been included.</para>
    2020
    2121    <itemizedlist>
    … …  
    2525
    2626        <para>This package contains utilities to administer Access
    27         Control Lists, which are used to define more fine-grained
     27        Control Lists, which are used to define fine-grained
    2828        discretionary access rights for files and directories.
    2929        </para>
    … …  
    3333        <para>Attr</para>
    3434
    35         <para>This package contains programs for administering
    36         extended attributes on filesystem objects.
     35        <para>This package contains programs for managing
     36        extended attributes on file system objects.
    3737        </para>
    3838      </listitem>
    … …  
    4141        <para>Autoconf</para>
    4242
    43         <para>This package contains programs for producing shell scripts that
     43        <para>This package supplies programs for producing shell scripts that
    4444        can automatically configure source code from a developer's
    45         template. It is often needed to rebuild a package after updates
    46         to the build procedures.</para>
     45        template. It is often needed to rebuild a package after
     46        the build procedure has been updated.</para>
    4747      </listitem>
    4848
    … …  
    5151
    5252        <para>This package contains programs for generating Make files from
    53         a template. It is often needed to rebuild a package after updates
    54         to the build procedures.</para>
     53        a template. It is often needed to rebuild a package after
     54        the build procedure has been updated.</para>
    5555      </listitem>
    5656
    … …  
    6161        a Bourne Shell interface to the system.  It was chosen over
    6262        other shell packages because of its common usage and extensive
    63         capabilities beyond basic shell functions.</para>
     63        capabilities.</para>
    6464      </listitem>
    6565
    … …  
    6868
    6969        <para>This package provides an arbitrary precision numeric processing language.
    70         It satisfies a requirement needed when building the Linux kernel.</para>
     70        It satisfies a requirement for building the Linux kernel.</para>
    7171      </listitem>
    7272
    … …  
    7474        <para>Binutils</para>
    7575
    76         <para>This package contains a linker, an assembler, and other
     76        <para>This package supplies a linker, an assembler, and other
    7777        tools for handling object files. The programs in this package are
    78         needed to compile most of the packages in an LFS system and beyond.</para>
     78        needed to compile most of the packages in an LFS system.</para>
    7979      </listitem>
    8080
    … …  
    8383
    8484        <para>This package contains the GNU version of yacc (Yet Another
    85         Compiler Compiler) needed to build several other LFS programs.</para>
     85        Compiler Compiler) needed to build several of the LFS programs.</para>
    8686      </listitem>
    8787
    … …  
    9696        <para>Check</para>
    9797
    98         <para>This package contains a test harness for other programs.</para>
     98        <para>This package provides a test harness for other programs.</para>
    9999      </listitem>
    100100
    … …  
    112112
    113113        <para>This package contains programs to implement a message bus system,
    114         which a simple way for applications to talk to one another.
     114        a simple way for applications to talk to one another.
    115115        </para>
    116116      </listitem>
    … …  
    119119        <para>DejaGNU</para>
    120120
    121         <para>This package contains a framework for testing other programs.</para>
     121        <para>This package supplies a framework for testing other programs.</para>
    122122      </listitem>
    123123
    … …  
    133133        <para>E2fsprogs</para>
    134134
    135         <para>This package contains the utilities for handling the ext2, ext3
     135        <para>This package supplies utilities for handling the ext2, ext3
    136136        and ext4 file systems.  These are the most common and thoroughly
    137137        tested file systems that Linux supports.</para>
    … …  
    142142
    143143        <para>This package is a device manager.  It dynamically controls the ownership,
    144         permissions, names, and symbolic links of devices in the /dev directory as
    145         devices are added or removed from the system.
     144        permissions, names, and symbolic links of device nodes in the /dev directory when
     145        devices are added to or removed from the system.
    146146        </para>
    147147      </listitem>
    … …  
    150150        <para>Expat</para>
    151151
    152         <para>This package contains a relatively small XML parsing library.  It
     152        <para>This package yields a relatively small XML parsing library.  It
    153153        is required by the XML::Parser Perl module.</para>
    154154      </listitem>
    … …  
    172172        <para>Findutils</para>
    173173
    174         <para>This package contains programs to find files in a file system.
     174        <para>This package provides programs to find files in a file system.
    175175        It is used in many packages' build scripts.</para>
    176176      </listitem>
    … …  
    188188        <para>Gawk</para>
    189189
    190         <para>This package contains programs for manipulating text files.
     190        <para>This package supplies programs for manipulating text files.
    191191        It is the GNU version of awk (Aho-Weinberg-Kernighan). It is used in
    192192        many other packages' build scripts.</para>
    … …  
    196196        <para>GCC</para>
    197197
    198         <para>This package is the Gnu Compiler Collection.  It contains the
     198        <para>This is the Gnu Compiler Collection.  It contains the
    199199        C and C++ compilers as well as several others not built by LFS.
    200200        </para>
    … …  
    211211        <para>Gettext</para>
    212212
    213         <para>This package contains utilities and libraries for
    214         internationalization and localization of numerous packages.</para>
     213        <para>This package provides utilities and libraries for
     214        the internationalization and localization of many packages.</para>
    215215      </listitem>
    216216
    … …  
    225225        <para>GMP</para>
    226226
    227         <para>This package contains math libraries that provide useful functions
    228         for arbitrary precision arithmetic.  It is required to build GCC.</para>
     227        <para>This package supplies math libraries that provide useful functions
     228        for arbitrary precision arithmetic.  It is needed to build GCC.</para>
    229229      </listitem>
    230230
    … …  
    232232        <para>Gperf</para>
    233233
    234         <para>This package contains a program that generates a perfect hash
    235         function from a key set. It is required for Eudev.</para>
     234        <para>This package produces a program that generates a perfect hash
     235        function from a set of keys. It is required by
     236        <phrase revision='sysv'>Eudev</phrase>
     237        <phrase revision='systemd'>Systemd</phrase>.</para>
    236238      </listitem>
    237239
    … …  
    246248        <para>Groff</para>
    247249
    248         <para>This package contains programs for processing and formatting text.
     250        <para>This package contributes programs for processing and formatting text.
    249251        One important function of these programs is to format man pages.</para>
    250252      </listitem>
    … …  
    253255        <para>GRUB</para>
    254256
    255         <para>This package is the Grand Unified Boot Loader.  It is one
    256         of several boot loaders available, but is the most flexible.
     257        <para>This is the Grand Unified Boot Loader.  It is
     258        the most flexible of several boot loaders available.
    257259        </para>
    258260      </listitem>
    … …  
    262264
    263265        <para>This package contains programs for compressing and
    264         decompressing files. It is needed to decompress many packages in LFS
    265         and beyond.</para>
     266        decompressing files. It is needed to decompress many packages
     267        in LFS.</para>
    266268      </listitem>
    267269
    … …  
    276278        <para>Inetutils</para>
    277279
    278         <para>This package contains programs for basic network
     280        <para>This package supplies programs for basic network
    279281        administration.</para>
    280282      </listitem>
    … …  
    283285        <para>Intltool</para>
    284286
    285         <para>This package contains tools for extracting translatable
     287        <para>This package contributes tools for extracting translatable
    286288        strings from source files.</para>
    287289      </listitem>
    … …  
    305307        <para>Kbd</para>
    306308
    307         <para>This package contains key-table files, keyboard utilities
     309        <para>This package produces key-table files, keyboard utilities
    308310        for non-US keyboards, and a number of console fonts.</para>
    309311      </listitem>
    … …  
    312314        <para>Kmod</para>
    313315
    314         <para>This package contains programs needed to administer Linux
     316        <para>This package supplies programs needed to administer Linux
    315317        kernel modules.</para>
    316318      </listitem>
    … …  
    320322
    321323        <para>This package contains a very nice text file viewer that
    322         allows scrolling up or down when viewing a file. It is also used by
    323         Man-DB for viewing manpages.</para>
     324        allows scrolling up or down when viewing a file.
     325        Many packages use it for paging the output.</para>
    324326      </listitem>
    325327
    … …  
    358360        <para>Libpipeline</para>
    359361
    360         <para>The Libpipeline package contains a library for manipulating
     362        <para>The Libpipeline package supplies a library for manipulating
    361363        pipelines of subprocesses in a flexible and convenient way. It is
    362364        required by the Man-DB package.</para>
    … …  
    367369
    368370        <para>This package contains the GNU generic library support
    369         script. It wraps the complexity of using shared libraries in a
     371        script. It wraps the complexity of using shared libraries into a
    370372        consistent, portable interface.  It is needed by the test
    371373        suites in other LFS packages.</para>
    … …  
    382384        <para>M4</para>
    383385
    384         <para>This package contains a general text macro processor useful
     386        <para>This package provides a general text macro processor useful
    385387        as a build tool for other programs.</para>
    386388      </listitem>
    … …  
    405407        <para>This package contains programs for finding and viewing man pages.
    406408        It was chosen instead of the <application>man</application> package
    407         due to superior internationalization capabilities.  It supplies
     409        because of its superior internationalization capabilities.  It supplies
    408410        the man program.</para>
    409411      </listitem>
    … …  
    412414        <para>Man-pages</para>
    413415
    414         <para>This package contains the actual contents of the basic
     416        <para>This package provides the actual contents of the basic
    415417        Linux man pages.</para>
    416418      </listitem>
    … …  
    420422
    421423        <para>This package provides a software tool for automating the building
    422         of software. The main goal for Meson is to minimize the amount of time
    423         that software developers need to spend configuring their build
     424        of software. The main goal of Meson is to minimize the amount of time
     425        that software developers need to spend configuring a build
    424426        system.  It's required to build Systemd, as well as many BLFS
    425427        packages.</para>
    … …  
    430432        <para>MPC</para>
    431433
    432         <para>This package contains functions for the arithmetic of complex
     434        <para>This package supplies arithmetic functions for complex
    433435        numbers. It is required by GCC.</para>
    434436      </listitem>
    … …  
    444446        <para>Ninja</para>
    445447
    446         <para>This package contains a small build system with a focus on speed.
     448        <para>This package furnishes a small build system with a focus on speed.
    447449        It is designed to have its input files generated by a higher-level build
    448450        system, and to run builds as fast as possible.
    … …  
    457459        handling of character screens.  It is often used to provide
    458460        cursor control for a menuing system. It is needed by a number of
    459         packages in LFS.</para>
     461        the packages in LFS.</para>
    460462      </listitem>
    461463
    … …  
    464466
    465467        <para>This package provides management tools and libraries relating to
    466         cryptography. These are useful for providing cryptographic functions to
     468        cryptography. These supply cryptographic functions to
    467469        other packages, including the Linux kernel.</para>
    468470      </listitem>
    … …  
    503505        <para>Psmisc</para>
    504506
    505         <para>This package contains programs for displaying information
     507        <para>This package produces programs for displaying information
    506508        about running processes. These programs are useful for system
    507509        administration.</para>
    … …  
    512514
    513515        <para>This package provides an interpreted language that has a design
    514         philosophy that emphasizes code readability.</para>
     516        philosophy emphasizing code readability.</para>
    515517
    516518      </listitem>
    … …  
    519521        <para>Readline</para>
    520522
    521         <para>This package is a set of libraries that offers command-line
     523        <para>This package is a set of libraries that offer command-line
    522524        editing and history capabilities.  It is used by Bash.</para>
    523525      </listitem>
    … …  
    527529
    528530        <para>This package allows editing of text without opening it in a
    529         text editor. It is also needed by most LFS packages' configure
     531        text editor. It is also needed by many LFS packages' configure
    530532        scripts.</para>
    531533      </listitem>
    … …  
    535537
    536538        <para>This package contains programs for handling passwords
    537         in a secure way.</para>
     539        securely.</para>
    538540      </listitem>
    539541
    … …  
    541543        <para>Sysklogd</para>
    542544
    543         <para>This package contains programs for logging system messages,
    544         such as those given by the kernel or daemon processes when unusual
     545        <para>This package supplies programs for logging system messages,
     546        such as those emitted by the kernel or daemon processes when unusual
    545547        events occur.</para>
    546548      </listitem>
    … …  
    551553        <para>This package provides an <application>init</application> program
    552554        and several additional boot and system control capabilities as an
    553         alternative to Sysvinit.  It is used by many commercial distributions.
     555        alternative to Sysvinit.  It is used by many Linux distributions.
    554556        </para>
    555557      </listitem>
    … …  
    559561
    560562        <para>This package provides the <application>init</application>
    561         program, which is the parent of all other processes on the Linux
     563        program, the parent of all the other processes on a running Linux
    562564        system. </para>
    563565      </listitem>
    … …  
    567569
    568570        <para>This package provides archiving and extraction capabilities
    569         of virtually all packages used in LFS.</para>
     571        of virtually all the packages used in LFS.</para>
    570572      </listitem>
    571573
    … …  
    574576
    575577        <para>This package contains the Tool Command Language used
    576         in many test suites in LFS packages.</para>
     578        in many test suites.</para>
    577579      </listitem>
    578580
    … …  
    580582        <para>Texinfo</para>
    581583
    582         <para>This package contains programs for reading, writing, and
     584        <para>This package supplies programs for reading, writing, and
    583585        converting info pages.  It is used in the installation
    584586        procedures of many LFS packages.</para>
    … …  
    594596
    595597      <listitem>
    596         <para>Wheel</para>
    597 
    598         <para>This package contains a Python module that is the
    599         reference implementation of the Python wheel packaging standard.
    600         </para>
    601       </listitem>
    602 
    603       <listitem>
    604598        <para>Vim</para>
    605599
    606         <para>This package contains an editor. It was chosen because of its
     600        <para>This package provides an editor. It was chosen because of its
    607601        compatibility with the classic vi editor and its huge number of powerful
    608602        capabilities.  An editor is a very personal choice for
    609         many users and any other editor could be substituted if desired.</para>
     603        many users. Any other editor can be substituted, if you wish.</para>
     604      </listitem>
     605     
     606      <listitem>
     607        <para>Wheel</para>
     608
     609        <para>This package supplies a Python module that is the
     610        reference implementation of the Python wheel packaging standard.
     611        </para>
    610612      </listitem>
    611613
    … …  
    634636        <para>Zstd</para>
    635637
    636         <para>This package contains compression and decompression routines
     638        <para>This package supplies compression and decompression routines
    637639        used by some programs. It provides high compression ratios and a very
    638640        wide range of compression / speed trade-offs.</para>
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