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authorAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-08-29 23:20:23 +0000
committerAlex Gronenwoud <alex@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-08-29 23:20:23 +0000
commit89fcc345410a3b858b6c23ba219e828bc21e4de4 (patch)
treeb61d1a1c8d27b862f59ae006f7246911126286e6 /chapter06/coreutils-inst.xml
parentb1d68a49b23d66b1d084a3873a6facef4756dc6a (diff)
Putting text before the 'make check's, and smoothing the other lines.
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diff --git a/chapter06/coreutils-inst.xml b/chapter06/coreutils-inst.xml
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+++ b/chapter06/coreutils-inst.xml
@@ -9,20 +9,22 @@ for Intel architectures:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../coreutils-&coreutils-uname-patch-version;.patch</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>We do not want Coreutils to install it's version of the hostname
-binary, because it is inferior to the version provided by Net-tools.
-Prevent the installation of hostname with this patch:</para>
+<para>We do not want Coreutils to install its version of the
+<userinput>hostname</userinput> program, because it is inferior to the version
+provided by Net-tools. Prevent its installation by applying a patch:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../coreutils-&coreutils-hostname-patch-version;.patch</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>Prepare Coreutils to be compiled:</para>
+<para>Now prepare Coreutils for compilation:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>Continue with compiling the package:</para>
+<para>Compile the package:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>
+<para>Test the results thoroughly:</para>
+
<para><screen><userinput>make check-root
make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check</userinput></screen></para>
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ make RUN_EXPENSIVE_TESTS=yes check</userinput></screen></para>
<para><screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>Move files to their proper locations:</para>
+<para>And move some programs to their proper locations:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>mv /usr/bin/{basename,cat,chgrp,chmod,chown,cp,dd,df} /bin
mv /usr/bin/{dir,dircolors,du,date,echo,false,head} /bin