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-rw-r--r--chapter02/askforhelp.xml17
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index e65ce00dc..b2a002613 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
<itemizedlist>
-<listitem><para>Upgraded to:
+<listitem><para>Upgraded to:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>automake-1.7.6</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>bash-2.05b</para></listitem>
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
<listitem><para>util-linux-2.12</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>vim-6.2</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-</para></listitem>
+</listitem>
-<listitem><para>Added:
+<listitem><para>Added:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>bash-2.05b-2.patch</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>bison-1.875-attribute.patch</para></listitem>
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@
<listitem><para>tcl-8.4.4</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>zlib-1.1.4-vsnprintf.patch</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-</para></listitem>
+</listitem>
-<listitem><para>Removed:
+<listitem><para>Removed:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>bin86-0.16.3</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>fileutils-4.1</para></listitem>
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
<listitem><para>textutils-2.1</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>vim-6.1.patch</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
-</para></listitem>
+</listitem>
<listitem><para>October 8th, 2003 [alex]: Chapter 8 - Making bootable: Adapted
the style of the screens, and reworded some paragraphs.</para></listitem>
diff --git a/chapter02/askforhelp.xml b/chapter02/askforhelp.xml
index f2d6b59d9..71c10bb97 100644
--- a/chapter02/askforhelp.xml
+++ b/chapter02/askforhelp.xml
@@ -69,14 +69,15 @@ make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/lfs/tmp/make-3.79.1'
make: *** [all-recursive-am] Error 2</screen>
-<para>In this case, many people just include the bottom section where it
-says <screen>make [2]: *** [make] Error 1</screen> and onwards. This
-isn't enough for us to diagnose the problem because it only tells us
-that <emphasis>something</emphasis> went wrong, not
-<emphasis>what</emphasis> went wrong. The whole section, as
-in the example above, is what should be included to be helpful, because it
-includes the command that was executed and the command's error
-message(s).</para>
+<para>In this case, many people just include the bottom section where it says</para>
+
+<screen>make [2]: *** [make] Error 1</screen>
+
+<para>and onwards. This isn't enough for us to diagnose the problem because it
+only tells us that <emphasis>something</emphasis> went wrong, not
+<emphasis>what</emphasis> went wrong. The whole section, as in the example
+above, is what should be included to be helpful, because it includes the
+command that was executed and the command's error message(s).</para>
<para>An excellent article on asking for help on the Internet in general
has been written by Eric S. Raymond. It is available online at <ulink