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diff --git a/chapter02/install.xml b/chapter02/install.xml index 4fbb404a0..b5330e91e 100644 --- a/chapter02/install.xml +++ b/chapter02/install.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <para>Before you start using the LFS book, we should point out that all of the commands here assume that you are using the bash shell. If you -aren't, the commands may work but we can't guarantee it. If you want a +aren't, the commands may work, but we can't guarantee it. If you want a simple life, use bash.</para> <para>Before you can actually start doing something with a package, you need @@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ running:</para> <para><screen><userinput>bzcat filename.tar.bz2 | tar xv</userinput></screen></para> -<para>Some tar programs (most of them nowadays but not all of them) are -slightly modified to be able to use bzip2 files directly using either -the I, the y or the j tar parameter, which works the same as the z tar -parameter to handle gzip archives. The above construction works no matter how -your host system decided to patch bzip2.</para> +<para>Nowadays most tar programs, but not all, are +patched to be able to use bzip2 files directly. They use either +the -I, the -y, or the -j parameter, which work the same as the -z +parameter for handling gzip files. The above construction, however, +works no matter how your host system decided to patch tar.</para> <para>If a file is just tar'ed, it is unpacked by running:</para> |