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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/askforhelp.xml | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter01/changelog.xml | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter03/introduction.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter03/packages.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/udev.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter07/introduction.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | prologue/audience.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | prologue/foreword.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | prologue/typography.xml | 2 |
9 files changed, 20 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/askforhelp.xml b/chapter01/askforhelp.xml index e4723d827..e1bf648d1 100644 --- a/chapter01/askforhelp.xml +++ b/chapter01/askforhelp.xml @@ -44,20 +44,20 @@ problem.</para></note> </sect2> <sect2> -<title>Configure Problems</title> +<title>Configure Script Problems</title> -<para>If something goes wrong during the stage where the configure -script is run, review the <filename>config.log</filename> file. This -file may contain errors encountered during configure which were not -printed to the screen. Include those relevant lines if you need to ask -for help.</para> +<para>If something goes wrong during the stage where the +<command>configure</command> script is run, review the +<filename>config.log</filename> file. This file may contain errors encountered +during <command>configure</command> which were not printed to the screen. +Include those relevant lines if you need to ask for help.</para> </sect2> <sect2> -<title>Compile Problems</title> +<title>Compilation Problems</title> <para>Both the screen output and the contents of various files are -useful in determining the cause of compile issues. The screen output +useful in determining the cause of compilation issues. The screen output from the <command>./configure</command> script and the <command>make</command> run can be helpful. It is not necessary to include the entire output, but do include enough diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index 688d9c0d0..a206cc5d5 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ First a summary, then a detailed log.</para> </itemizedlist> </listitem> +<listitem><para>July 6th, 2005 [matt]: Several typo corrections, as suggested +by Bernard Leak.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>July 6th, 2005 [archaic]: Pulled the inetutils kernel header patch out again as it is not needed.</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter03/introduction.xml b/chapter03/introduction.xml index d2f200ff2..120eaae44 100644 --- a/chapter03/introduction.xml +++ b/chapter03/introduction.xml @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ and stabilized in the development version of the book.</para> location has changed since this book was published, Google (<ulink url="http://www.google.com/"/>) provides a useful search engine for most packages. If this search is unsuccessful, try one of the -alternate means of downloading discussed at <ulink +alternative means of downloading discussed at <ulink url="&lfs-root;lfs/packages.html"/>.</para> <para>Downloaded packages and patches will need to be stored somewhere diff --git a/chapter03/packages.xml b/chapter03/packages.xml index 16e3b5d65..4c57546f0 100644 --- a/chapter03/packages.xml +++ b/chapter03/packages.xml @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ <note><para>File (&file-version;) may no longer be available at the listed location. The site administrators of the master download location occasionally remove older versions when new ones are -released. An alternate download location that may have the correct +released. An alternative download location that may have the correct version available is <ulink url="ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org/pub/lfs/"/>.</para></note> </listitem> @@ -345,8 +345,8 @@ url="ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org/pub/lfs/"/>.</para></note> <para><ulink url="ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/software/shadow/"/></para> <note><para>Shadow (&shadow-version;) may no longer be available at the listed location. The site administrators of the master download location occasionally -remove older versions when new ones are released. An alternate download location -that may have the correct version available is <ulink +remove older versions when new ones are released. An alternative download +location that may have the correct version available is <ulink url="ftp://ftp.linuxfromscratch.org/pub/lfs/"/>.</para></note> </listitem> </varlistentry> diff --git a/chapter06/udev.xml b/chapter06/udev.xml index 8a1879c93..fbc13cf00 100644 --- a/chapter06/udev.xml +++ b/chapter06/udev.xml @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ the configuration files here:</para> <!-- Edit Me --> <para>Run the <command>udevstart</command> program to create our full -compliment of device nodes.</para> +complement of device nodes.</para> <screen><userinput>/sbin/udevstart</userinput></screen> diff --git a/chapter07/introduction.xml b/chapter07/introduction.xml index c54d7fdab..37ab2f626 100644 --- a/chapter07/introduction.xml +++ b/chapter07/introduction.xml @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/downloads/files/bsd-init.txt"/>. Searching the LFS mailing lists for <quote>depinit</quote> will also offer additional choices.</para> -<para>If using an alternate style of init scripts, skip this chapter +<para>If using an alternative style of init scripts, skip this chapter and move on to <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para> </sect1> diff --git a/prologue/audience.xml b/prologue/audience.xml index 3f69b4440..3f19342fa 100644 --- a/prologue/audience.xml +++ b/prologue/audience.xml @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ <?dbhtml filename="audience.html"?> <para>There are many reasons why somebody would want to read this -book. The principle reason is to install a Linux system +book. The principal reason is to install a Linux system from the source code. A question many people raise is, <quote>why go through all the hassle of manually building a Linux system from scratch when you can just download and install an existing diff --git a/prologue/foreword.xml b/prologue/foreword.xml index 7070a4f43..7e2b91093 100644 --- a/prologue/foreword.xml +++ b/prologue/foreword.xml @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ <?dbhtml filename="foreword.html"?> <para>My adventures in Linux began in 1998 when I downloaded and -installed my first distribution. After working with it for awhile, I +installed my first distribution. After working with it for a while, I discovered issues I definitely would have liked to see improved upon. For example, I didn't like the arrangement of the bootscripts or the way programs were configured by default. I tried a number of alternative diff --git a/prologue/typography.xml b/prologue/typography.xml index 13cc4d199..909ff3032 100644 --- a/prologue/typography.xml +++ b/prologue/typography.xml @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ referenced.</para> <screen><computeroutput>install-info: unknown option '--dir-file=/mnt/lfs/usr/info/dir'</computeroutput></screen> -<para>This form of text (fixed width text) shows screen output, +<para>This form of text (fixed-width text) shows screen output, probably as the result of commands issued. This format is also used to show filenames, such as <filename>/etc/ld.so.conf</filename>.</para> |