Changeset dd61c77 for chapter07/creatingdirs.xml

Timestamp:

10/01/2022 08:03:20 AM (19 months ago)

Author:

Xi Ruoyao <xry111@…>

Branches:

xry111/clfs-ng

Children:

ef1f48b

Parents:

259794e (diff), 2bf32ff (diff)
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/trunk' into xry111/clfs-ng

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• chapter07/creatingdirs.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

chapter07/creatingdirs.xml

@@ -11 +11 @@
   <title>Creating Directories</title>
 
-  <para>It is time to create the full structure in the LFS file system.</para>
+  <para>It is time to create the full directory structure in the LFS file system.</para>
 
-  <note><para>Some of the directories mentioned in this section may be
-  already created earlier with explicit instructions or when installing some
+  <note><para>Some of the directories mentioned in this section may have
+  already been created earlier with explicit instructions, or when installing some
   packages.  They are repeated below for completeness.</para></note>
 
@@ -43 +43 @@
 
   <para>Directories are, by default, created with permission mode 755, but
-  this is not desirable for all directories. In the commands above, two
+  this is not desirable everywhere. In the commands above, two
   changes are made&mdash;one to the home directory of user <systemitem
   class="username">root</systemitem>, and another to the directories for
@@ -49 +49 @@
 
   <para>The first mode change ensures that not just anybody can enter
-  the <filename class="directory">/root</filename> directory&mdash;the
-  same as a normal user would do with his or her home directory. The
+  the <filename class="directory">/root</filename> directory&mdash;just
+  like a normal user would do with his or her own home directory. The
   second mode change makes sure that any user can write to the
   <filename class="directory">/tmp</filename> and <filename
@@ -60 +60 @@
     <title>FHS Compliance Note</title>
 
-    <para>The directory tree is based on the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
+    <para>This directory tree is based on the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard
     (FHS) (available at <ulink
     url="https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/fhs.shtml"/>).  The FHS also specifies
-    the optional existence of some directories such as <filename
+    the optional existence of additional directories such as <filename
     class="directory">/usr/local/games</filename> and <filename
-    class="directory">/usr/share/games</filename>.  We create only the
-    directories that are needed. However, feel free to create these
-    directories.  </para>
+    class="directory">/usr/share/games</filename>.  In LFS, we create only the
+    directories that are really necessary. However, feel free to create more
+    directories, if you wish.  </para>
 
   </sect2>