Changeset d15c80e for chapter08

Timestamp:

12/19/2022 07:44:36 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:

101d00d, a613960

Parents:

8cde104

Message:

Capitalize package names. Patch up a clumsy sentence. Change an
instance of the imperative mood to the indicative. Improve the
description of the "halt" and "init" programs.

Location:

chapter08

Files:

• sysklogd.xml (modified) (2 diffs)
• sysvinit.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

chapter08/sysklogd.xml

@@ -24 +24 @@
     <title/>
 
-    <para>The sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages,
-    such as those given by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para>
+    <para>The Sysklogd package contains programs for logging system messages,
+    such as those emitted by the kernel when unusual things happen.</para>
 
     <segmentedlist>
@@ -42 +42 @@
     <title>Installation of Sysklogd</title>
 
-    <para>First, fix problems that causes a segmentation fault under
-    some conditions in klogd and fix an obsolete program construct:</para>
+    <para>First, fix a problem that causes a segmentation fault in klogd
+    under some conditions, and fix an obsolete program construct:</para>
 
 <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/Error loading kernel symbols/{n;n;d}' ksym_mod.c

chapter08/sysvinit.xml

@@ -116 +116 @@
         <term><command>fstab-decode</command></term>
         <listitem>
-          <para>Run a command with fstab-encoded arguments</para>
+          <para>Runs a command with fstab-encoded arguments</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit fstab-decode">
             <primary sortas="b-fstab-decode">fstab-decode</primary>
@@ -127 +127 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>Normally invokes <command>shutdown</command> with the
-          <parameter>-h</parameter> option, except when already in run-level 0,
-          then it tells the kernel to halt the system; it notes in the
-          file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> that the system is being
-          brought down</para>
+          <parameter>-h</parameter> option, but when already in run-level 0,
+          it tells the kernel to halt the system; it notes in the
+          file <filename>/var/log/wtmp</filename> that the system is 
+          going down</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit halt-sysv">
             <primary sortas="b-halt">halt</primary>
@@ -141 +141 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>The first process to be started when the kernel has initialized
-          the hardware which takes over the boot process and starts all the
-          proceses specified in its configuration file</para>
+          the hardware; it takes over the boot process and starts all the
+          processes specified in its configuration file</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit init-sysv">
             <primary sortas="b-init">init</primary>
@@ -153 +153 @@
         <listitem>
           <para>Sends a signal to all processes, except the processes in its own
-          session so it will not kill its parent shell</para>
+          session; it will not kill its parent shell</para>
           <indexterm zone="ch-system-sysvinit killall5">
             <primary sortas="b-killall5">killall5</primary>