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Diffstat (limited to 'chapter03')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter03/introduction.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter03/packages.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter03/patches.xml | 5 |
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter03/introduction.xml b/chapter03/introduction.xml index 7fa9ecdd5..4c42bdd36 100644 --- a/chapter03/introduction.xml +++ b/chapter03/introduction.xml @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ <title>Introduction</title> <?dbhtml filename="introduction.html"?> +<!-- <para>Below is a list of packages you need to download for building a basic Linux system. The listed version numbers correspond to versions of the software that are <emphasis>known</emphasis> to work, and this book is @@ -37,11 +38,14 @@ during all stages of the building process.</para> <para>So you may want to execute, as <emphasis>root</emphasis>, the following command before starting your download session:</para> +--> <screen><userinput>mkdir $LFS/sources</userinput></screen> -<para>And make this directory writable (and sticky) for your normal user -- as +<!-- +<para>And make this directory writable (and sticky) for your normal user - as you won't do the downloading as <emphasis>root</emphasis>, we guess:</para> +--> <screen><userinput>chmod a+wt $LFS/sources</userinput></screen> diff --git a/chapter03/packages.xml b/chapter03/packages.xml index 0fe2fdb84..722abce76 100644 --- a/chapter03/packages.xml +++ b/chapter03/packages.xml @@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry> -<term>Glibc (&glibc-version;) - 13,800 KB: -- <emphasis>(see Note 1 below)</emphasis></term> +<term>Glibc (&glibc-version;) - 13,800 KB: </term> <listitem> <para><ulink url="ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/glibc/snapshots/"/></para> </listitem> @@ -427,6 +427,8 @@ </variablelist> +<!-- <para>Total size of these packages: 135 MB</para> +--> </sect1> diff --git a/chapter03/patches.xml b/chapter03/patches.xml index 105c61c8c..2d028c114 100644 --- a/chapter03/patches.xml +++ b/chapter03/patches.xml @@ -7,13 +7,14 @@ <title>Needed patches</title> <?dbhtml filename="patches.html"?> +<!-- <para>Besides all those packages, you'll also need several patches. These correct tiny mistakes in the packages that should be fixed by the maintainer, or just make some small modifications to bend things our way. You'll need the following:</para> +--> <variablelist role="materials"> -<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Patches</bridgehead> <varlistentry> <term>Bash Various Fixes - 21 KB:</term> @@ -149,10 +150,12 @@ following:</para> </variablelist> +<!-- <para>In addition to the above required patches, there exist a number of optional ones created by the LFS community. Most of these solve slight problems, or enable some functionality that's not enabled by default. Feel free to examine the patches database, located at <ulink url="&lfs-root;patches/"/>, and pick any additional patches you wish to use.</para> +--> </sect1> |