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authorTimothy Bauscher <timothy@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-09-22 03:01:40 +0000
committerTimothy Bauscher <timothy@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-09-22 03:01:40 +0000
commit1e6acd6f703fb691ec8d54672f8058ebc9fadad5 (patch)
tree715b3d01911e22ee2ac24b3e1bb9084dd2d479b4 /chapter02/aboutlfs.xml
parentf8decc78cf80a9e06be01a77254b4f0d009c2a9c (diff)
Applied Bill Maltby's grammatic-fixes patch.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2124 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter02/aboutlfs.xml b/chapter02/aboutlfs.xml
index 5dea03e3a..1c15be452 100644
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+++ b/chapter02/aboutlfs.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ is mounted. How to create and where to mount the partition will be
explained in full detail in Chapter 4. For example, let's assume that
the LFS partition is mounted on /mnt/lfs.</para>
-<para>For example when you are told to run a command like
+<para>When you are told to run a command like
<userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/static</userinput> you actually have to
execute <userinput>./configure --prefix=/mnt/lfs/static</userinput>.</para>
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ This way $LFS can be entered literally instead of replacing it with
<para><screen><userinput>export LFS=/mnt/lfs</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>Now, if you are told to run a command like <userinput>./configure
---prefix=$LFS/static</userinput> you can type that literally. Your shell will
+<para>Now, if you are told to run a command like </para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=$LFS/static</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>you can type that literally. Your shell will
replace $LFS with /mnt/lfs when it processes the command line (meaning
when you hit enter after having typed the command).</para>