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diff --git a/chapter04/introduction.xml b/chapter04/introduction.xml index 9ca68e984..859b5dbc0 100644 --- a/chapter04/introduction.xml +++ b/chapter04/introduction.xml @@ -1,22 +1,24 @@ -<sect1 id="ch03-introduction"> +<sect1 id="ch04-introduction"> <title>Introduction</title> -<?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="chapter03"?> +<?dbhtml filename="introduction.html" dir="chapter04"?> <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 known to work, and this book is based -upon them.</para> +of the software that are known to work, and this book is based upon +them. Feel free to try out newer versions, but if you experience problems +with those versions, please try the recommended version first before +sending bug reports.</para> -<para>All the URL's below refer to the main LFS server. There are several -FTP mirrors available from which you can download the files as well. The -addresses of these can be found in <xref linkend="ch01-mirrors"/>.</para> +<para>All the URL's, when possible, refer to the project's page at +<ulink url="http://www.freshmeat.net">Freshmeat.net</ulink>. The Freshmeat +pages will give you easy access to the official download sites as well as +project websites, mailinglists, FAQ's, Changelogs and more.</para> -<para>The LFS FTP archive only contains the versions of the packages that -are used in this book. You can check the official download sites provided -in <xref linkend="appendixa"/> to determine whether or not a newer package -is available. If you do download a newer package, we would appreciate -hearing whether you were able to install the package without any problems -using this book's instructions.</para> +<para>For your convenience the top of the list contains a link to a file +you can use with the <ulink url="http://wget.sunsite.dk">wget</ulink> +program. Using this file and the <userinput>wget</userinput> program will +make it easy to download all the files at once, rather than downloading each +and every individual file manually.</para> </sect1> |