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commands for the packages installed in this book.</para>
<para>These files can be used to quickly find out which commands have
-been changed between the different LFS versions as well. Download the
+been changed between the different LFS versions. Download the
lfs-commands tarball for this book version and the previous book
version and run a diff on the files. That way it is possible to see which
packages have updated installation instructions, so any scripts you may
@@ -13,13 +13,16 @@ have can be modified, or you can reinstall a package if you think that
necessary.</para>
<para>A side effect is that these files can be used to dump to a shell and
-install the packages, though some files need to be modified (for
-example, when the kbd package is installed, you needed to select the
-keyboard layout file, because it can't reliably be guessed). Keep in
-mind, please, that these files are not checked for correctness,
-integrity and so forth. There may be bugs in the files (since they are
-manually created, typo's are often inevitable) so do check them and
-don't blindly trust them.</para>
+install the packages, though some files need to be modified (where
+certain settings can't be guessed and depend on user preference or
+system hardware). Keep in mind, please, that these files are not
+thoroughly checked for correctness. There may be bugs in the files (since
+they are manually created at the moment) so do check them and don't
+blindly trust them.</para>
+
+<para>If you decide to use the commands to automatically install a
+package and it doesn't work, try reading the book's instructions
+instead before you ask for help on the mailinglist.</para>
<para>The lfscommands can be downloaded from <ulink
url="&http-root;/lfs-commands/">&http-root;/lfs-commands/</ulink>