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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-02-03 23:24:24 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-02-03 23:24:24 +0000
commite4b9338243e80e23c08eccaaf770259edbe72c5d (patch)
treee7f115ade9983172971131d41934b6e1e90959bb
parent6f531d7b8c0fa937866a56c6ab729fc0f75d94e0 (diff)
fix typo's
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2416 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
-rw-r--r--appendixa/bin86-shortdesc.xml2
-rw-r--r--appendixa/makedev-shortdesc.xml2
-rw-r--r--appendixa/procps-shortdesc.xml2
-rw-r--r--appendixa/shellutils-shortdesc.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter01/changelog.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter05/bash-inst.xml17
-rw-r--r--chapter05/binutils-inst.xml4
-rw-r--r--chapter05/bzip2-inst.xml4
-rw-r--r--chapter05/diffutils-inst.xml7
-rw-r--r--chapter05/gcc-inst.xml21
-rw-r--r--chapter05/grep-inst.xml9
-rw-r--r--chapter05/make-inst.xml9
-rw-r--r--chapter05/patch-inst.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter05/setting-environment.xml4
-rw-r--r--chapter05/shellutils-inst.xml7
-rw-r--r--chapter05/utillinux-inst.xml4
-rw-r--r--chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/e2fsprogs-inst.xml4
-rw-r--r--chapter06/gcc-inst.xml6
-rw-r--r--chapter06/glibc-inst.xml6
-rw-r--r--chapter06/kernel-manpages.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/nettools-inst.xml2
-rw-r--r--chapter06/vim-inst.xml2
25 files changed, 65 insertions, 61 deletions
diff --git a/appendixa/bin86-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/bin86-shortdesc.xml
index 17576631c..ab125eb3e 100644
--- a/appendixa/bin86-shortdesc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/bin86-shortdesc.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<para>Last checked against version &bin86-contversion;</para>
-<para>Bin86 is a simple assember and linker for 8086 - 80386 machine
+<para>Bin86 is a simple assembler and linker for 8086 - 80386 machine
code.</para>
<para>Bin86 installs the following:</para>
diff --git a/appendixa/makedev-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/makedev-shortdesc.xml
index de672d4b0..5ed4debd4 100644
--- a/appendixa/makedev-shortdesc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/makedev-shortdesc.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ directory. Detailed information about device nodes may be found
in the <filename>Documentation/devices.txt</filename> file under
the Linux kernel source tree.</para>
-<para>MAKDEV installs the following:</para>
+<para>MAKEDEV installs the following:</para>
<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
<para>MAKEDEV</para></sect3>
diff --git a/appendixa/procps-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/procps-shortdesc.xml
index 0bbff8aa3..c760eae8d 100644
--- a/appendixa/procps-shortdesc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/procps-shortdesc.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
<para>Last checked against version &procps-contversion;.</para>
<para>The Procps package provides programs to monitor and
-hault system processes. Procps gathers information about
+halt system processes. Procps gathers information about
processes via the <filename>/proc</filename> directory.</para>
<para>Procps installs the following:</para>
diff --git a/appendixa/shellutils-shortdesc.xml b/appendixa/shellutils-shortdesc.xml
index 5371a8ea7..877530dbc 100644
--- a/appendixa/shellutils-shortdesc.xml
+++ b/appendixa/shellutils-shortdesc.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<para>Last checked against version &sh-utils-contversion;.</para>
-<para>The sh-utils package contains a number of basic shell manipulation
+<para>The Sh-utils package contains a number of basic shell manipulation
utilities.</para>
<para>Sh-utils installs the following:</para>
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index cbc9842b8..68c3acdc4 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ warning about --enable-kernel.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>December 10th, 2002 [gerard]: Chapter 04 - Changed all
links into Freshmeat.net project links, removed lfs-packages tarball. This
-was done because the LFS FTP achive won't contain the packages anymore,
+was done because the LFS FTP archive won't contain the packages anymore,
instead you have to go to the package's download sites to get
them.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter05/bash-inst.xml b/chapter05/bash-inst.xml
index 6fc5fc1ac..83fc8b694 100644
--- a/chapter05/bash-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/bash-inst.xml
@@ -29,18 +29,19 @@ following command:</para>
<para>The meaning of the configure options are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para><userinput>--enable-static-link:</userinput> This option
+<listitem><para><userinput>--enable-static-link</userinput>: This option
causes the <userinput>bash</userinput> program to be statically
linked.</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para><userinput>--prefix=$LFS/static:</userinput> This option
-installs all of Bash's files under the $LFS/static directory, which becomes
-the /static directory when chroot'ed or reboot'ed into
-LFS.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para><userinput>--prefix=$LFS/static</userinput>: This option
+installs all of Bash's files under the
+<filename class="directory">$LFS/static</filename> directory, which becomes
+the <filename class="directory">/static</filename> directory when chroot'ed
+or reboot'ed into LFS.</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para><userinput>--with-curses:</userinput> This option causes
-bash to be linked against the curses library instead of the default termcap
-library which is being phased out and has become obsolete. Note, on most
+<listitem><para><userinput>--with-curses</userinput>: This option causes
+<filename>bash</filename> to be linked against the curses library instead
+of the default termcap library which has become obsolete. Note, on most
all Linux systems, the curses library is provided by the Ncurses
package (so in truth we link against the ncurses library).</para>
diff --git a/chapter05/binutils-inst.xml b/chapter05/binutils-inst.xml
index c817da314..230ec7b6b 100644
--- a/chapter05/binutils-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/binutils-inst.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cd ../binutils-build</userinput></screen></para>
<para>The meaning of the (new) configure switches are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-nls:</userinput> This option disables
+<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-nls</userinput>: This option disables
internationalization (also known as i18n). We don't need this for our
static programs and nls often causes problems when you're linking
statically.</para></listitem>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ statically.</para></listitem>
<para>The meaning of the make option is:</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para><userinput>make LDFLAGS="-all-static":</userinput> This is
+<listitem><para><userinput>LDFLAGS="-all-static"</userinput>: This is
how we tell Binutils that all programs should be statically linked. Setting
the <emphasis>LDFLAGS</emphasis> variable is the common way of specifying we
want a static link to take place, however, its value and the way it is set
diff --git a/chapter05/bzip2-inst.xml b/chapter05/bzip2-inst.xml
index bb50a64fb..33cc1e80f 100644
--- a/chapter05/bzip2-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/bzip2-inst.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ environment:</para>
<para>The meaning of the make option is:</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para><userinput>CC="gcc -static -s":</userinput> The Bzip2 package
+<listitem><para><userinput>CC="gcc -static -s"</userinput>: The Bzip2 package
does not honour the <emphasis>LDFLAGS</emphasis> variable, so instead we set
the <emphasis>CC</emphasis> variable which defines which compiler to use.
The <emphasis>-static</emphasis> option tells the compiler to link all
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ programs statically.</para></listitem>
<para>The meaning of the make option is:</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para><userinput>PREFIX=$LFS/static:</userinput> Instead of
+<listitem><para><userinput>PREFIX=$LFS/static</userinput>: Instead of
passing a <emphasis>--prefix=$LFS/static</emphasis> to a configure script,
we set the <emphasis>PREFIX</emphasis> variable to accomplish the same goal
(since there is no configure script present).</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter05/diffutils-inst.xml b/chapter05/diffutils-inst.xml
index 90ecbfc64..c67b41d1a 100644
--- a/chapter05/diffutils-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/diffutils-inst.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
<para>The meaning of the configure options are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para><userinput>LDFLAGS="-static":</userinput> This is the most
+<listitem><para><userinput>LDFLAGS="-static"</userinput>: This is the most
common way to tell a package that all programs should be statically linked.
This way the <emphasis>LDFLAGS</emphasis> environment variable is set, but
only in the subshell that the <filename>configure</filename> script runs
@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@ in. When <userinput>configure</userinput> has done its job, the
and the <filename>Makefile</filename> files contain will contain this
variable locally.</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para><userinput>CPPFLAGS=-Dre_max_failures=re_max_failures2:</userinput>
-The <emphasis>CPPFLAGS</emphasis> variable is a variable that's read by the
-cpp program (C PreProcessor). The value of this variable tells the
+<listitem><para><userinput>CPPFLAGS=-Dre_max_failures=re_max_failures2</userinput>: The <emphasis>CPPFLAGS</emphasis> variable is a variable that's read by
+the cpp program (C PreProcessor). The value of this variable tells the
preprocessor to replace every instance of <emphasis>re_max_failures</emphasis>
it finds with <emphasis>re_max_failures2</emphasis> before handing the source
file to the compiler itself for compilation. This package has problems
diff --git a/chapter05/gcc-inst.xml b/chapter05/gcc-inst.xml
index 520f249e4..9874b78fc 100644
--- a/chapter05/gcc-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/gcc-inst.xml
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@ cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen></para>
<para>The meaning of the configure options are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para><userinput>--prefix=/static:</userinput> This is NOT a
+<listitem><para><userinput>--prefix=/static</userinput>: This is NOT a
typo. GCC hard codes some paths while compiling and so we need to pass
<filename class="directory">/static</filename> as the prefix during the
configure stage. We will pass the real installation prefix (<filename
-class="directory">$LFS/static</filename> during the installation
+class="directory">$LFS/static</filename>) during the installation
stage later on.</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-shared:</userinput> This prevents the
+<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-shared</userinput>: This prevents the
build of dynamic libraries. They are useless to us at the moment. We'll
create them when we reinstall GCC in chapter 6.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><userinput>--with-as=$LFS/static/bin/as and
---with-ld=$LFS/static/bin/ld:</userinput> GCC can be miscompiled if your
+--with-ld=$LFS/static/bin/ld</userinput>: GCC can be miscompiled if your
host distribution's Binutils package is quite old. We need a good working
static GCC until we reinstall GCC later in chapter 6. So by using
<filename>as</filename> and <filename>ld</filename> from the Binutils
@@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ correctly.</para></listitem>
<para>The meaning of the make options are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para><userinput>BOOT_LDFLAGS="-static":</userinput> This is
+<listitem><para><userinput>BOOT_LDFLAGS="-static"</userinput>: This is
GCC's equivalent to make LDFLAGS="-static" as we use with other packages to
compile them statically.</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para><userinput>bootstrap:</userinput> The
+<listitem><para><userinput>bootstrap</userinput>: The
<emphasis>bootstrap</emphasis> target doesn't just compile GCC, but it
compiles GCC a second time. It uses the first compiled programs to compile
-itself a second and third time to make sure the compiler compiled properly
+itself a second and third time to make sure the compiler was compiled properly
and can compile itself properly.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ and can compile itself properly.</para></listitem>
<para>The meaning of the make option is:</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para><userinput>install-no-fixedincludes:</userinput> This prevents
+<listitem><para><userinput>install-no-fixedincludes</userinput>: This prevents
the fixincludes script from running. Preventing this is necessary because
under normal circumstances the GCC installation will run the fixincludes
script which scans your system for header files that need to be fixed. It
@@ -95,8 +95,9 @@ class="symlink">$LFS/static/bin/cc</filename> symlink. A lot of programs
and scripts try to run <userinput>cc</userinput> instead of
<userinput>gcc</userinput> This is to keep programs generic and usable on
all kinds of Unix systems. Not everybody has GNU CC installed. Just running
-cc (C Compiler) leaves the user free to decide which C compiler to install.
-The symlink will point to the system's default compiler.</para>
+<userinput>cc</userinput> (C Compiler) leaves the user free to decide which
+C compiler to install. The symlink will point to the system's default
+compiler.</para>
<para><screen><userinput>ln -s gcc $LFS/static/bin/cc</userinput></screen></para>
diff --git a/chapter05/grep-inst.xml b/chapter05/grep-inst.xml
index 99a9b6239..4e232435c 100644
--- a/chapter05/grep-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/grep-inst.xml
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
<para>The meaning of the configure option is:</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-perl-regexp:</userinput> This
-configure option makes sure Grep is not linked against the PCRE library,
-which is often only available as a shared library in distributions. Not
-using this option might result in a compilation error.</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-perl-regexp</userinput>: This
+configure option makes sure <filename>grep</filename> is not linked against
+the PCRE library, which is often only available as a shared library in
+distributions. Not using this option might result in a compilation
+error.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>
diff --git a/chapter05/make-inst.xml b/chapter05/make-inst.xml
index 5efe572a3..b6f24f70d 100644
--- a/chapter05/make-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/make-inst.xml
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@
otherwise the `-l' option will probably not work. You may need special
privileges to complete the installation of /mnt/lfs/static/bin/make.</screen></blockquote>
-<para>You can safely ignore this warning. The make program doesn't actually
-need to be owned by group kmem and setgid for the <emphasis>-l</emphasis>
-option to work. (This option tells make not to start any new jobs when a
-certain load on the system has been reached.)</para>
+<para>You can safely ignore this warning. The <userinput>make</userinput>
+program doesn't actually need to be owned by group kmem and setgid for the
+<emphasis>-l</emphasis> option to work. (This option tells
+<userinput>make</userinput> not to start any new jobs when a certain load
+on the system has been reached.)</para>
</sect2>
diff --git a/chapter05/patch-inst.xml b/chapter05/patch-inst.xml
index 9f9467b2b..ff99185a0 100644
--- a/chapter05/patch-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/patch-inst.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
<para>The meaning of the configure option is:</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para><userinput>CPPFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE:</userinput> This flag
+<listitem><para><userinput>CPPFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE</userinput>: This flag
fixes installation problems of this package on PPC and m68k platforms (that
we know of). It doesn't hurt compilation on other platforms, such as x86,
so we do it by default.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter05/setting-environment.xml b/chapter05/setting-environment.xml
index 9dab20f14..e52fd7b6b 100644
--- a/chapter05/setting-environment.xml
+++ b/chapter05/setting-environment.xml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ Other users of the system will be have read permission, and executable
permission to directories. It is advisable to keep this setting throughout
your LFS installation.</para>
-<para>The LFS variable has been explained in previous chapters. LC_ALL is
-a variable used for internationalization.</para>
+<para>The LFS variable should of course be set to the mount point you
+chose.</para>
<para>The LC_ALL variable controls the localization of certain programs,
making their messages follow the conventions of a specified country. If your
diff --git a/chapter05/shellutils-inst.xml b/chapter05/shellutils-inst.xml
index a15c9d9d5..f760f8c6e 100644
--- a/chapter05/shellutils-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/shellutils-inst.xml
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ it.</para>
NOTE: to install su, run 'make install-root' as root</screen></blockquote>
<para>You can safely ignore that warning. You need to be logged in as root
-in order to install su the way Sh-utils wants to install it, which is being
-suid root. Because we don't need su during Chapter 6, and su will be properly
-installed when we re-install Sh-utils in Chapter 6.</para>
+in order to install <filename>su</filename> the way Sh-utils wants to install
+it, which is suid root. Because we don't need <filename>su</filename> during
+Chapter 6, and <filename>su</filename> will be properly installed when we
+re-install Sh-utils in Chapter 6.</para>
</sect2>
diff --git a/chapter05/utillinux-inst.xml b/chapter05/utillinux-inst.xml
index 364a65e1f..1a43e13a0 100644
--- a/chapter05/utillinux-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter05/utillinux-inst.xml
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
<para><screen><userinput>make -C lib</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>We only need the <emphasis>mount</emphasis> and
-<emphasis>umount</emphasis> programs at the moment, so we won't be
+<para>We only need the <filename>mount</filename> and
+<filename>umount</filename> programs at the moment, so we won't be
compiling the entire package. Compile these two programs by issuing
the following command:</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml b/chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml
index 5547ffaae..afbd5ee37 100644
--- a/chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/bzip2-inst.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ against it.</para>
<para>Copy the Bzip2 binary into the <filename
class="directory">/bin</filename> directory, make some
-neccessary symbolic links and clean up.</para>
+necessary symbolic links and clean up.</para>
<para><screen><userinput>cp bzip2-shared /bin/bzip2 &amp;&amp;
cp -a libbz2.so* /lib &amp;&amp;
diff --git a/chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml b/chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml
index 2ef48e9e5..6b6aa676b 100644
--- a/chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml
+++ b/chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ file within the unpacked shadow password suite's source tree. There's one
thing to keep in mind if you decide to use shadow support: programs that
need to verify passwords (for example xdm, ftp daemons, pop3 daemons) need
to be 'shadow-compliant', that is they need to be able to work with
-hadowed passwords.</para>
+shadowed passwords.</para>
<para>To enable shadowed passwords, run the following command:</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/e2fsprogs-inst.xml b/chapter06/e2fsprogs-inst.xml
index 389e18d1b..fd80fe891 100644
--- a/chapter06/e2fsprogs-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/e2fsprogs-inst.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ cd ../e2fsprogs-build</userinput></screen></para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para><userinput>--with-root-prefix="":</userinput> Certain
+<listitem><para><userinput>--with-root-prefix=""</userinput>: Certain
programs (such as the e2fsck program) are considered essential programs.
When, for example, <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> isn't
mounted, these essential program have to be available. They belong in
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ to E2fsprogs's configure, the programs are placed in the
<filename class="directory">/usr</filename> directory, which is not what we
want.</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para><userinput>--enable-elf-shlibs:</userinput> This creates
+<listitem><para><userinput>--enable-elf-shlibs</userinput>: This creates
the shared libraries which some programs in this package make use
of.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter06/gcc-inst.xml b/chapter06/gcc-inst.xml
index e939e3ff5..1ec2c780f 100644
--- a/chapter06/gcc-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/gcc-inst.xml
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ cd ../gcc-build</userinput></screen></para>
<para>The meanings of the configure options are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para><userinput>--enable-threads=posix:</userinput> This enables
+<listitem><para><userinput>--enable-threads=posix</userinput>: This enables
C++ exception handling for multi-threaded code.</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para><userinput>--enable-__cxa_atexit:</userinput> This option
+<listitem><para><userinput>--enable-__cxa_atexit</userinput>: This option
will result in C++ shared libraries and C++ programs that are interoperable
with other Linux distributions.</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para><userinput>--enable-clocale=gnu:</userinput> There is a risk
+<listitem><para><userinput>--enable-clocale=gnu</userinput>: There is a risk
that some people will build ABI incompatible C++ libraries if they didn't
install all of the glibc localedata. Using --enable-clocale=gnu ensures that
the "right thing" is done in all cases. If you don't wish to use this option,
diff --git a/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml b/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml
index e5af3774c..d5d96a310 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml
@@ -81,14 +81,14 @@ cd ../glibc-build</userinput></screen></para>
<para>The meaning of the configure options are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-profile:</userinput> This disables the
+<listitem><para><userinput>--disable-profile</userinput>: This disables the
building of libraries with profiling information. This command may be
omitted if you plan to do profiling.</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para><userinput>--enable-add-ons:</userinput> This enables the
+<listitem><para><userinput>--enable-add-ons</userinput>: This enables the
add-on that we install with Glibc, linuxthreads</para></listitem>
-<listitem><para><userinput>--libexecdir=/usr/bin:</userinput> This will
+<listitem><para><userinput>--libexecdir=/usr/bin</userinput>: This will
cause the pt_chown program to be installed in the /usr/bin
directory.</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
diff --git a/chapter06/kernel-manpages.xml b/chapter06/kernel-manpages.xml
index f278f1cb2..7a0fd0951 100644
--- a/chapter06/kernel-manpages.xml
+++ b/chapter06/kernel-manpages.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<sect1 id="ch06-kernel-manpages">
<title>Installing Linux-&kernel-version; man pages</title>
-<?dbhtml filename="kernel-manpges.html" dir="chapter06"?>
+<?dbhtml filename="kernel-manpages.html" dir="chapter06"?>
<screen>Estimated build time: &kernel-manpages-time;
Estimated required disk space: &kernel-manpages-compsize;</screen>
diff --git a/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml b/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
index 7a77ec74b..c264776dc 100644
--- a/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/ncurses-inst.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ where they're expected to reside:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>mv /usr/lib/libncurses.so.5* /lib</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>Since the libaries have been moved to
+<para>Since the libraries have been moved to
<filename>/lib</filename>, a few symlinks are currently pointing
towards non-existing files. Recreate those symlinks:</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/nettools-inst.xml b/chapter06/nettools-inst.xml
index 5bc5c2205..c5c2b8e54 100644
--- a/chapter06/nettools-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/nettools-inst.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ it's up to the kernel to make them available to the system.</para>
<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>
<para>If you intend to accept the default settings, you may skip
-the questions generated by <emphasis>make</emphasis> by runing
+the questions generated by <emphasis>make</emphasis> by runnnnnnnnning
<userinput>yes "" | make</userinput> instead.</para>
<para>Finish installing the package:</para>
diff --git a/chapter06/vim-inst.xml b/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
index 9be5c493a..984893dd0 100644
--- a/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/vim-inst.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ install it. This patch fixes a compile problem with GCC-3.2:</para>
<para>The meaning of the make option is:</para>
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para><userinput>CPPFLAGS=-DSYS_VIMRC_FILE=\\\"/etc/vimrc\\\":</userinput>
+<listitem><para><userinput>CPPFLAGS=-DSYS_VIMRC_FILE=\\\"/etc/vimrc\\\"</userinput>:
This option above causes vim to look for the
<filename>/etc/vimrc</filename> file which contains vim's global settings.
Normally, this file is assumed to be located in <filename