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authorJeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-09-05 01:21:14 +0000
committerJeremy Utley <jeremy@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-09-05 01:21:14 +0000
commit74b6e0ce7f3cf5796eb4eed8e04cb5fc3fa6b9e3 (patch)
tree98ca900dd6a296f678b291619c39885e0c57d413
parent2b18510594e18d3567763f3b06deb44d81baabfc (diff)
Corrected text in gzip instructions - proper explanation of the reason for the sed command - Bug 551
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2733 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
-rw-r--r--chapter01/changelog.xml4
-rw-r--r--chapter06/gzip-inst.xml6
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 728c85336..1819a0041 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@
</itemizedlist>
</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>September 4th, 2003 [jeremy]: Chapter 6 - Gzip:
+Altered text to better explain the reason behind the sed command
+used in the gzip installation. Closes bug 551.</para></listitem>
+
<listitem><para>September 4th, 2003 [jeremy]: Chapter 4 - Downloading
patches: Added a note regarding Tushar's patches project, and a link
to the patches home page.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml b/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml
index 685f3830c..f03414c60 100644
--- a/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gzip-inst.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>Change the default installation directory for Gzip so it will
-be installed in the <filename class="directory">/bin</filename>
-directory:</para>
+<para>The gzexe program has the location of the gzip binary hardcoded into
+it. Because we later change the location of this binary, the following
+command will place the new location into the gzexe binary.</para>
<para><screen><userinput>cp gzexe.in{,.backup}
sed 's%"BINDIR"%/bin%' gzexe.in.backup &gt; gzexe.in</userinput></screen></para>