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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/chroot.xml | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/createfiles.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/creatingdirs.xml | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/glibc.xml | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/kernfs.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/pwdgroup.xml | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/readjusting.xml | 35 |
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diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index e2794b4fd..553bd2d9a 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ First a summary, then a detailed log.</para> </itemizedlist> </listitem> +<listitem><para>June 30th, 2005 [archaic]: Several minor wording changes in +chapter 6 (matt).</para></listitem> + <listitem><para>June 29th, 2005 [archaic]: Several minor wording changes in chapters 1 - 5 (matt).</para></listitem> diff --git a/chapter06/chroot.xml b/chapter06/chroot.xml index 80a27709f..d02c94e40 100644 --- a/chapter06/chroot.xml +++ b/chapter06/chroot.xml @@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ restricted to the LFS file system. This is because the Bash shell is told that <filename class="directory">$LFS</filename> is now the root (<filename class="directory">/</filename>) directory.</para> -<para>Notice that <filename class="directory">/tools/bin</filename> -comes last in the <envar>PATH</envar>. This means that a -temporary tool will not be used anymore as soon as its final version -is installed. This occurs when the shell does not <quote>remember</quote> the -locations of executed binaries—for this reason, hashing is switched -off by passing the <parameter>+h</parameter> option to <command>bash</command>.</para> +<para>Notice that <filename class="directory">/tools/bin</filename> comes last +in the <envar>PATH</envar>. This means that a temporary tool will no longer be +used once its final version is installed. This occurs when the shell does not +<quote>remember</quote> the locations of executed binaries—for this +reason, hashing is switched off by passing the <parameter>+h</parameter> option +to <command>bash</command>.</para> <para>It is important that all the commands throughout the remainder of this chapter and the following chapters are run from within the diff --git a/chapter06/createfiles.xml b/chapter06/createfiles.xml index 8126a11a9..164e165c9 100644 --- a/chapter06/createfiles.xml +++ b/chapter06/createfiles.xml @@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ <title>Creating Essential Symlinks</title> <?dbhtml filename="createfiles.html"?> -<para>Some programs use hard-wired paths to programs which do not yet -exist. In order to satisfy these programs, create a number of symbolic -links which will be replaced by real files throughout the course of -this chapter after the software has been installed.</para> +<para>Some programs use hard-wired paths to programs which do not exist yet. In +order to satisfy these programs, create a number of symbolic links which will be +replaced by real files throughout the course of this chapter after the software +has been installed.</para> <screen><userinput>ln -s /tools/bin/{bash,cat,pwd,stty} /bin ln -s /tools/bin/perl /usr/bin diff --git a/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml b/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml index 3a574fee6..f8344fef5 100644 --- a/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml +++ b/chapter06/creatingdirs.xml @@ -49,16 +49,15 @@ bit mask.</para> <sect2> <title>FHS Compliance Note</title> -<para>The directory tree is based on the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard -(FHS) standard (available at <ulink -url="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/"/>). Besides the tree created above, -this standard stipulates the existence of <filename +<para>The directory tree is based on the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) + (available at <ulink url="http://www.pathname.com/fhs/"/>). In addition +to the tree created above, this standard stipulates the existence of <filename class="directory">/usr/local/games</filename> and <filename -class="directory">/usr/share/games</filename>. We do not recommend -these for a base system, however, feel free to make the system -FHS-compliant. The FHS is not precise as to the structure of the -<filename class="directory">/usr/local/share</filename> subdirectory, -so we created only the directories that are needed.</para> +class="directory">/usr/share/games</filename>. The FHS is not precise as to the +structure of the <filename class="directory">/usr/local/share</filename> +subdirectory, so we create only the directories that are needed. However, feel +free to create these directories if you prefer to conform more strictly to the +FHS standard.</para> </sect2> diff --git a/chapter06/glibc.xml b/chapter06/glibc.xml index ab854be82..0420f91bc 100644 --- a/chapter06/glibc.xml +++ b/chapter06/glibc.xml @@ -110,8 +110,9 @@ Certain optimization settings are also known to be a factor here.</para></listit host system issues. The exact reasons are not yet clear.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>If you have mounted the LFS partition with the -<parameter>noatime</parameter> option, the <emphasis>atime</emphasis> -test will fail. This is not critical.</para></listitem> +<parameter>noatime</parameter> option, the <emphasis>atime</emphasis> test will +fail. As mentioned in <xref linkend="space-mounting"/>, do not use the +<parameter>noatime</parameter> option while building LFS.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>When running on older and slower hardware, some tests can fail because of test timeouts being exceeded.</para></listitem> @@ -189,10 +190,10 @@ on the threading API (applicable to NPTL as well):</para> <indexterm zone="conf-glibc"><primary sortas="e-/etc/nsswitch.conf">/etc/nsswitch.conf</primary></indexterm> <indexterm zone="conf-glibc"><primary sortas="e-/etc/localtime">/etc/localtime</primary></indexterm> -<para>The <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file needs to be -created because, although Glibc provides defaults when this file is -missing or corrupt, the Glibc defaults do not work well with -networking. The time zone also needs to be set up.</para> +<para>The <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> file needs to be created +because, although Glibc provides defaults when this file is missing or corrupt, +the Glibc defaults do not work well in a networked environment. The time zone +also needs to be configured.</para> <para>Create a new file <filename>/etc/nsswitch.conf</filename> by running the following:</para> @@ -228,8 +229,8 @@ running:</para> <screen><userinput>cp --remove-destination /usr/share/zoneinfo/<replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> \ /etc/localtime</userinput></screen> -<para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the time zone that the -<command>tzselect</command> provided (e.g., Canada/Eastern).</para> +<para>Replace <replaceable>[xxx]</replaceable> with the name of the time zone +that <command>tzselect</command> provided (e.g., Canada/Eastern).</para> <para>The meaning of the cp option:</para> diff --git a/chapter06/kernfs.xml b/chapter06/kernfs.xml index 2755dea13..397033cdf 100644 --- a/chapter06/kernfs.xml +++ b/chapter06/kernfs.xml @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ <title>Mounting Virtual Kernel File Systems</title> <?dbhtml filename="kernfs.html"?> -<para>Various file systems exported by the kernel do not exist on the -hard drive, but are used to communicate to and from the kernel -itself.</para> +<para>Various file systems exported by the kernel are used to communicate to and +from the kernel itself. These file systems are virtual in that no disk space is +used for them. The contents of the file systems resides in memory.</para> <para>Begin by creating directories onto which the file systems will be mounted:</para> diff --git a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml index 9ae45f02c..cc7452d90 100644 --- a/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml +++ b/chapter06/pwdgroup.xml @@ -50,15 +50,14 @@ utmp:x:13: usb:x:14:</literal> EOF</userinput></screen> -<para>The created groups are not part of any standard—they are some -of the groups that the Udev configuration will be using in the next -section. The Linux Standard Base (LSB, available at <ulink -url="http://www.linuxbase.org"/>) recommends only that, besides the -group <quote>root</quote> with a Group ID (GID) of 0, a group -<quote>bin</quote> with a GID of 1 be present. All other group names -and GIDs can be chosen freely by the system administrator since -well-written packages do not depend on GID numbers, but rather use the -group's name.</para> +<para>The created groups are not part of any standard—they are some of the +groups that the Udev configuration will use in the next section. The Linux +Standard Base (LSB, available at <ulink url="http://www.linuxbase.org"/>) +recommends only that, besides the group <quote>root</quote> with a Group ID +(GID) of 0, a group <quote>bin</quote> with a GID of 1 be present. All other +group names and GIDs can be chosen freely by the system administrator since +well-written packages do not depend on GID numbers, but rather use the group's +name.</para> <para>To remove the <quote>I have no name!</quote> prompt, start a new shell. Since a full Glibc was installed in <xref diff --git a/chapter06/readjusting.xml b/chapter06/readjusting.xml index 9d6dd0e7b..cd7fdfb6b 100644 --- a/chapter06/readjusting.xml +++ b/chapter06/readjusting.xml @@ -7,25 +7,22 @@ <title>Re-adjusting the Toolchain</title> <?dbhtml filename="readjusting.html"?> -<para>Now that the new and final C libraries have been installed, it -is time to adjust the toolchain again. The toolchain will be adjusted -so that it will link any newly compiled program against these new -libraries. This is the same process used in the -<quote>Adjusting</quote> phase in the beginning of <xref -linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>, even though it looks to be -reversed. In <xref linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>, the chain was -guided from the host's <filename -class="directory">/{,usr/}lib</filename> directories to the new -<filename class="directory">/tools/lib</filename> directory. Now, the -chain will be guided from that same <filename -class="directory">/tools/lib</filename> directory to the LFS -<filename class="directory">/{,usr/}lib</filename> directories.</para> - -<para>Start by adjusting the linker. The source and build directories -from the second pass over Binutils were retained for this purpose. -Install the adjusted linker by running the following command from -within the <filename class="directory">binutils-build</filename> -directory:</para> +<para>Now that the final C libraries have been installed, it is time to adjust +the toolchain again. The toolchain will be adjusted so that it will link any +newly compiled program against these new libraries. This is the same process +used in the <quote>Adjusting</quote> phase in the beginning of <xref +linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>, but with the adjustments reversed. In <xref +linkend="chapter-temporary-tools"/>, the chain was guided from the host's +<filename class="directory">/{,usr/}lib</filename> directories to the new +<filename class="directory">/tools/lib</filename> directory. Now, the chain will +be guided from that same <filename class="directory">/tools/lib</filename> +directory to the LFS <filename class="directory">/{,usr/}lib</filename> +directories.</para> + +<para>Start by adjusting the linker. The source and build directories from the +second pass of Binutils were retained for this purpose. Install the adjusted +linker by running the following command from within the <filename +class="directory">binutils-build</filename> directory:</para> <screen><userinput>make -C ld INSTALL=/tools/bin/install install</userinput></screen> |