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| author | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-08-29 16:56:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2001-08-29 16:56:32 +0000 |
| commit | fada43129e4a962c678a0b17a8278da367cd9775 (patch) | |
| tree | 8c319f69e217ad8c48c6d4660ae8cbf82dcf767a /chapter02/download.xml | |
| parent | bc831b5f5f350ca8ce189dc5126912638c04e8ff (diff) | |
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diff --git a/chapter02/download.xml b/chapter02/download.xml index b8e76fa41..117ae4d4e 100644 --- a/chapter02/download.xml +++ b/chapter02/download.xml @@ -1,25 +1,20 @@ <sect1 id="ch02-download"> <title>How to download the software</title> -<para>Throughout this document, I will assume that all the +<para>Throughout this document, we will assume that all the packages that were downloaded are placed somewhere in $LFS/usr/src.</para> -<para>I use the convention of having a $LFS/usr/src/sources directory. -Under sources, I have the directory 0-9 and the directories a +<para>A convention you could use is having a $LFS/usr/src/sources directory. +Under sources, you can create the directory 0-9 and the directories a through z. A package like sysvinit-&sysvinit-version;.tar.bz2 is stored under $LFS/usr/src/sources/s/. A package like bash-&bash-version;.tar.bz2 is stored -under $LFS/usr/src/sources/b/, and so forth. This convention does not have to -be followed, of course; I was just giving an example. It's better to keep -the packages out of $LFS/usr/src and move them to a subdirectory, so -we'll have a clean $LFS/usr/src directory in which we will unpack the -packages and work with them.</para> +under $LFS/usr/src/sources/b/, and so forth.</para> <para>The next chapter contains the list of all the packages that need to be -downloaded, -but the partition that is going to contain our LFS system isn't created yet. -Therefore, the files are temporarily stored somewhere else (it's up to -you to decide where this 'else' is) and later moved to $LFS/usr/src/ when -the chapter in which the new partition is prepared has been finished.</para> +downloaded, but the partition that is going to contain our LFS system isn't +created yet. Therefore, you should store the files somewhere else and later +moved to $LFS/usr/src/ when the chapter in which the new partition is +prepared has been finished.</para> </sect1> |