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| author | Greg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-10-09 23:45:11 +0000 |
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| committer | Greg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2003-10-09 23:45:11 +0000 |
| commit | 27d9bc1ab5b186abed78aecd159d480eef351d3e (patch) | |
| tree | ea4f41812b6333d6b9988e1ddbfd82d2aef11825 /chapter02 | |
| parent | 21ba4e3570c1c2524b0733d492ced9634b259353 (diff) | |
More internal markup reworking.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2959 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter02/askforhelp.xml | 17 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/chapter02/askforhelp.xml b/chapter02/askforhelp.xml index f2d6b59d9..71c10bb97 100644 --- a/chapter02/askforhelp.xml +++ b/chapter02/askforhelp.xml @@ -69,14 +69,15 @@ make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/lfs/tmp/make-3.79.1' make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2</screen> -<para>In this case, many people just include the bottom section where it -says <screen>make [2]: *** [make] Error 1</screen> and onwards. This -isn't enough for us to diagnose the problem because it only tells us -that <emphasis>something</emphasis> went wrong, not -<emphasis>what</emphasis> went wrong. The whole section, as -in the example above, is what should be included to be helpful, because it -includes the command that was executed and the command's error -message(s).</para> +<para>In this case, many people just include the bottom section where it says</para> + +<screen>make [2]: *** [make] Error 1</screen> + +<para>and onwards. This isn't enough for us to diagnose the problem because it +only tells us that <emphasis>something</emphasis> went wrong, not +<emphasis>what</emphasis> went wrong. The whole section, as in the example +above, is what should be included to be helpful, because it includes the +command that was executed and the command's error message(s).</para> <para>An excellent article on asking for help on the Internet in general has been written by Eric S. Raymond. It is available online at <ulink |