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authorGreg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-10-05 08:56:39 +0000
committerGreg Schafer <greg@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-10-05 08:56:39 +0000
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Miscellaneous fixes from the list. Thanks Bruce.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@2921 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
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diff --git a/chapter05/introduction.xml b/chapter05/introduction.xml
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@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ linker and libraries), and then use this to build all the other essential
tools.</para>
<para>The files compiled in this chapter will be installed under the
-<filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory,
+<filename class="directory">$LFS/tools</filename> directory
to keep them separate from the files installed in the next chapter.
Since the packages compiled here are merely temporary, we don't want
them to pollute the soon-to-be LFS system.</para>
<para>The key to learning what makes a Linux system work is to know
-what each package is used for, why the user or the system needs it.
+what each package is used for and why the user or the system needs it.
For this purpose a short summary of the content of each package is given
before the actual installation instructions. For a short description of
each program in a package, please refer to the corresponding section in
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ each program in a package, please refer to the corresponding section in
<para>Several of the packages are patched before compilation, but only when
the patch is needed to circumvent a problem. Often the patch is needed in
-both this and the next chapter, but sometimes in only one of them. So, don't
-worry when instructions for a downloaded patch seem to be missing.</para>
+both this and the next chapter, but sometimes in only one of them. Therefore,
+don't worry when instructions for a downloaded patch seem to be missing.</para>
<para>During the installation of most packages you will
see all kinds of compiler warnings scroll by on your screen. These are
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ syntax. It's just that C standards have changed rather often and some
packages still use the older standard, which is not really a problem.</para>
<para>Before continuing, make sure the LFS environment variable is set up
-properly (if you decided to make use of it) by executing the following:</para>
+properly by executing the following:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>echo $LFS</userinput></screen></para>