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| author | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-16 11:56:28 +0000 |
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| committer | Bruce Dubbs <bdubbs@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2020-06-16 11:56:28 +0000 |
| commit | 675606bde2ba53946537b42a5aa576692a311621 (patch) | |
| tree | af20c20ce3841c16b24d0b9903af6878a4a0f5a6 /prologue/why.xml | |
| parent | 560065f976e371779928dbf8b9428217f3f57331 (diff) | |
| parent | 1cd59612d00603c9ce773ad821a15d20bc4fa0b7 (diff) | |
Split Chapter 5 into three separate chapters.
Implement a new method of cross-building the LFS tool chain
and other tools to simplify the method of isolating the
new system from the original host. This will be the start of
LFS-10.0.
Move old trunk/BOOK to branches/old-trunk.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@11946 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'prologue/why.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | prologue/why.xml | 25 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/prologue/why.xml b/prologue/why.xml index 4b1b263e1..e2b9a55a1 100644 --- a/prologue/why.xml +++ b/prologue/why.xml @@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ <listitem> <para>DejaGNU</para> - <para>This package contains a framework for testing other programs. - It is only installed in the temporary toolchain.</para> + <para>This package contains a framework for testing other programs.</para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -141,8 +140,9 @@ <listitem revision="sysv"> <para>Eudev</para> - <para>This package is a device manager. It dynamically controls the entries - in the /dev directory as devices are added or removed from the system. + <para>This package is a device manager. It dynamically controls the ownership, + permissions, names, and symbolic links of devices in the /dev directory as + devices are added or removed from the system. </para> </listitem> @@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ <para>File</para> <para>This package contains a utility for determining the type of a - given file or files. A few packages need it to build.</para> + given file or files. A few packages need it in their build scripts.</para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ </listitem> <listitem> - <para>Gcc</para> + <para>GCC</para> <para>This package is the Gnu Compiler Collection. It contains the C and C++ compilers as well as several others not built by LFS. @@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ <listitem> <para>Glibc</para> - <para>This package contains the main C library. Linux programs would + <para>This package contains the main C library. Linux programs will not run without it.</para> </listitem> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ <para>GMP</para> <para>This package contains math libraries that provide useful functions - for arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is required to build Gcc.</para> + for arbitrary precision arithmetic. It is required to build GCC.</para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -416,14 +416,14 @@ <para>MPC</para> <para>This package contains functions for the arithmetic of complex - numbers. It is required by Gcc.</para> + numbers. It is required by GCC.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para>MPFR</para> <para>This package contains functions for multiple precision - arithmetic. It is required by Gcc.</para> + arithmetic. It is required by GCC.</para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ <listitem> <para>Pkg-config</para> - <para>This package provides a program to return meta-data about an + <para>This package provides a program that returns meta-data about an installed library or package.</para> </listitem> @@ -558,8 +558,7 @@ <para>Tcl</para> <para>This package contains the Tool Command Language used - in many test suites in LFS packages. It is only installed in - the temporary toolchain.</para> + in many test suites in LFS packages.</para> </listitem> <listitem> |