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author | Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-01-30 10:28:53 +0000 |
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committer | Manuel Canales Esparcia <manuel@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2005-01-30 10:28:53 +0000 |
commit | 4642c8986a9978835c902219285ea33d83ce2d1f (patch) | |
tree | fcfc26c2208d049dffbb90880a719ad52711d9f6 /chapter03/introduction.xml | |
parent | d7ea6f24b8cc5ac061f2d52a758721523dd5410a (diff) |
Removed obsolete commented text, chapter03.
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diff --git a/chapter03/introduction.xml b/chapter03/introduction.xml index 4c42bdd36..5b2be4f32 100644 --- a/chapter03/introduction.xml +++ b/chapter03/introduction.xml @@ -7,54 +7,12 @@ <title>Introduction</title> <?dbhtml filename="introduction.html"?> -<!-- -<para>Below is a list of packages you need to download for building a basic -Linux system. The listed version numbers correspond to versions of the -software that are <emphasis>known</emphasis> to work, and this book is -based upon them. Unless you are an experienced LFS builder, we highly -recommend not to try out newer versions, as the build commands for one -version may not work with a newer version. Also, there is often a good -reason for not using the latest version due to known problems that haven't -been worked around yet.</para> - -<para>All the URLs, when possible, refer to the project's page at -<ulink url="http://www.freshmeat.net/"/>. The Freshmeat -pages will give you easy access to the official download sites as well as -project websites, mailing lists, FAQs, changelogs and more.</para> - -<para>We can't guarantee that these download locations are always available. -In case a download location has changed since this book was published, please -try to google for the package. Should you remain unsuccessful with this, -try one of the alternative means of downloading listed on -<ulink url="&lfs-root;lfs/packages.html"/>.</para> - -<para>You'll need to store all the downloaded packages and patches somewhere -that is conveniently available throughout the entire build. You'll also need a -working directory in which to unpack the sources and build them. A scheme that -works well is to use <filename class="directory">$LFS/sources</filename> as the place to store -the tarballs and patches, <emphasis>and</emphasis> as a working directory. -This way everything you need will be located on the LFS partition and available -during all stages of the building process.</para> - -<para>So you may want to execute, as <emphasis>root</emphasis>, the following -command before starting your download session:</para> ---> +<para>Create a dir for the sources:</para> <screen><userinput>mkdir $LFS/sources</userinput></screen> -<!-- -<para>And make this directory writable (and sticky) for your normal user - as -you won't do the downloading as <emphasis>root</emphasis>, we guess:</para> ---> +<para>Set the permissions of that dir:</para> <screen><userinput>chmod a+wt $LFS/sources</userinput></screen> -<!-- -<para>For your convenience the top of the list contains a link to a file -you can use with the <ulink url="http://wget.sunsite.dk">wget</ulink> -program. Using this file and the <command>wget</command> program will -make it easy to download all the files at once, rather than downloading each -and every individual file manually.</para> ---> - </sect1> |