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| -rw-r--r-- | general.ent | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | prologue/hostreqs.xml | 92 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | stylesheets/lfs.css | 7 |
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diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml index f8613f2fc..9664b3251 100644 --- a/chapter01/changelog.xml +++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml @@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ --> <listitem> + <para>April 22, 2006</para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para>[manuel] - Revised again the Host System Requirements page + wording and look. Thanks to Bruce Dubbs for the patch..</para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> <para>April 21, 2006</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent index 252bc2e64..9e9d61977 100644 --- a/general.ent +++ b/general.ent @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> -<!ENTITY version "SVN-20060421"> -<!ENTITY releasedate "April 21, 2006"> +<!ENTITY version "SVN-20060422"> +<!ENTITY releasedate "April 22, 2006"> <!ENTITY milestone "6.2"> <!ENTITY generic-version "development"> <!-- Use "development", "testing", or "x.y[-pre{x}]" --> diff --git a/prologue/hostreqs.xml b/prologue/hostreqs.xml index 5cff2fe84..2f2c57392 100644 --- a/prologue/hostreqs.xml +++ b/prologue/hostreqs.xml @@ -16,88 +16,64 @@ place software headers into separate packages, often in the form of <quote><package-name>-devel</quote> or <quote><package-name>-dev</quote>. Be sure to install those if - your distribution provides them. For each package a command has been - added to help you to determine what version is installed on your - host.</para> + your distribution provides them.</para> <itemizedlist spacing="compact"> <listitem> <para><emphasis role="strong">Bash-2.05a</emphasis></para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>bash --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para><emphasis role="strong">Binutils-2.12</emphasis> (Versions greater than &binutils-version; are not recommended as they have not been tested)</para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>ld --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para><emphasis role="strong">Bzip2-1.0.2</emphasis></para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>bzip2 --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para><emphasis role="strong">Coreutils-5.0</emphasis> (or Sh-Utils-2.0, Textutils-2.0, and Fileutils-4.1)</para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>chonw --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para><emphasis role="strong">Diffutils-2.8</emphasis></para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>diff --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para><emphasis role="strong">Findutils-4.1.20</emphasis></para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>find --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para><emphasis role="strong">Gawk-3.0</emphasis></para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>gawk --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para><emphasis role="strong">Gcc-2.95.3</emphasis> (Versions greater than &gcc-version; are not recommended as they have not been tested)</para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>gcc --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para><emphasis role="strong">Glibc-2.2.5</emphasis> (Versions greater than &glibc-version; are not recommended as they have not been tested)</para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>/lib/libc.so.6</userinput></screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para><emphasis role="strong">Grep-2.5</emphasis></para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>grep --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para><emphasis role="strong">Gzip-1.2.4</emphasis></para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>gzip --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para><emphasis role="strong">Linux Kernel-2.6.x</emphasis> - (having been compiled with Gcc-3.0)</para> + (having been compiled with GCC-3.0 or greater)</para> <para>The reason for the kernel version requirement is that thread-local storage support in Binutils will not be built and the Native POSIX @@ -105,52 +81,62 @@ isn't at least a 2.6.x version compiled with a 3.0 or later release of GCC.</para> - <para>In order to determine whether the host kernel meets the requirements - outlined above, run the following command:</para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat /proc/version</userinput></screen> - - <para>This will produce output similar to:</para> - -<screen><computeroutput>Linux version 2.6.2 (user@host) (gcc version 3.4.0) #1 - Tue Apr 20 21:22:18 GMT 2004</computeroutput></screen> - - <para>If the results of the above command do not state that the host - kernel is either 2.6.x, or that it was not compiled using a GCC-3.0 - (or later) compiler, you will have to replace the kernel with one - adhering to the specifications. There are two methods you can take + <para>If the host kernel is either 2.6.x, or it was not compiled using + a GCC-3.0 (or later) compiler, you will have to replace the kernel with + one adhering to the specifications. There are two methods you can take to solve this. First, see if your Linux vendor provides a 2.6 kernel - package. If so, you may wish to install it. If your vendor doesn't - offer a 2.6 kernel package, or you would prefer not to install it, - then you can compile a 2.6 kernel yourself. Instructions for compiling - the kernel and configuring the boot loader (assuming the host uses GRUB) - are located in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para> + package. If so, you may wish to install it. If your vendor doesn't offer + a 2.6 kernel package, or you would prefer not to install it, then you + can compile a 2.6 kernel yourself. Instructions for compiling the kernel + and configuring the boot loader (assuming the host uses GRUB) are located + in <xref linkend="chapter-bootable"/>.</para> </listitem> <listitem> <para><emphasis role="strong">Make-3.79.1</emphasis></para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>make --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para><emphasis role="strong">Patch-2.5.4</emphasis></para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>patch --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para><emphasis role="strong">Sed-3.0.2</emphasis></para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>sed --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> <listitem> <para><emphasis role="strong">Tar-1.14</emphasis></para> - -<screen role="nodump"><userinput>tar --version</userinput></screen> </listitem> </itemizedlist> + <para>To see all the appropriate versions, copy the following script + to your system and run it.</para> + +<screen><userinput>cat > version-check.sh << "EOF" +<literal>#!/bin/bash + +# Simple script to list version numbers of critical developmet tools + +bash --version | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f2-4 +echo -n "Binutils: "; ld --version | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f3-4 +bzip2 --version 2>&1 < /dev/null | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f1,6- +echo -n "Coreutils: "; chown --version | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f4 +diff --version | head -n1 +find --version | head -n1 +gawk --version | head -n1 +gcc --version | head -n1 +/lib/libc.so.6 | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f1-7 +grep --version | head -n1 +gzip --version | head -n1 +cat /proc/version | head -n1 | cut -d" " -f1-3,5-7 +make --version | head -n1 +patch --version | head -n1 +sed --version | head -n1 +tar --version | head -n1</literal> + +EOF + +bash version-check.sh</userinput></screen> + </sect1> diff --git a/stylesheets/lfs.css b/stylesheets/lfs.css index 818ba3b5b..401327ed6 100644 --- a/stylesheets/lfs.css +++ b/stylesheets/lfs.css @@ -273,7 +273,8 @@ ul[compact="compact"] { } ul[compact="compact"] li { - margin-bottom: 1em; + margin: 0em; + padding: 0em; } ul[compact="compact"] li p { @@ -281,10 +282,6 @@ ul[compact="compact"] li p { margin: 0em; } -ul[compact="compact"] .strong { - font-size: 133%; -} - /*table */ div.table { |