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authorGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-12-16 16:00:23 +0000
committerGerard Beekmans <gerard@linuxfromscratch.org>2001-12-16 16:00:23 +0000
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<sect2>
<title>Installation of Ed</title>
-<para>Ed is an optional package. The only program on a normal LFS system
-that uses ed is patch. But these days, ed patch files are quite rare in
-favour of the diff format patch files. So, if you personally have no
-need to use ed, you can skip it.</para>
+<para>Ed isn't something you would personally use. It's installed here
+because it can be used by the patch program if you encounter an ed-based patch
+file. This happens rarely because diff-based patches are preferred these
+days.</para>
<para>Install Ed by running the following commands:</para>