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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-01-27 22:10:07 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2003-01-27 22:10:07 +0000
commit7bfad056d62e2e8299cdc834750d87e76199c113 (patch)
tree5de31e6857d416e7884ce935c33e1886431aa56d /chapter06/nettools-inst.xml
parent8f8e328ca649ec166a9f6ba7dc3cee09e2b8cda5 (diff)
QA Part #1
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@@ -15,27 +15,25 @@ still need to actually enable these protocols in the kernel. What you do
here is merely telling the programs to be able to use those protocols, but
it's up to the kernel to make them available to the system.</para>
-<para>If you intend to accept the default settings, you may skip
-the questions generated by <emphasis>make</emphasis> by runing
-<userinput>yes "" | make</userinput>.</para>
-
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen></para>
+<para>If you intend to accept the default settings, you may skip
+the questions generated by <emphasis>make</emphasis> by runing
+<userinput>yes "" | make</userinput> instead.</para>
+
<para>Finish installing the package:</para>
<para><screen><userinput>make update</userinput></screen></para>
<para>The <emphasis>update</emphasis> option to <userinput>make</userinput>
works similarly to the <emphasis>install</emphasis> option, with one
-exception: it doesn't make backups of files it's replacing. One of the
-things net-tools replaces is sh-utils's version of /bin/hostname
-(net-tools's version is far better than sh-utils's version).</para>
+exception: it doesn't make backups of files it's replacing.</para>
-<para>Also, if you decide to reinstall this package at some point in the
-future, a make update won't backup all the files from a previous net-tools
-installation.</para>
+<para>If you decide to reinstall this package at some point in the
+future, a <userinput>make update</userinput> won't backup all the files
+from a previous net-tools installation.</para>
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