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diff --git a/chapter05/coreutils.xml b/chapter05/coreutils.xml index 6672e18d5..945a129bb 100644 --- a/chapter05/coreutils.xml +++ b/chapter05/coreutils.xml @@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ And for the patch: <sect2> <title>Installation of Coreutils</title> -<para>Coreutils has an issue when compiled against Glibc-&glibc-version;. -Without the patch below, some of the Coreutils utilities -(<command>head</command>, <command>tail</command>, <command>sort</command>, -and others) will reject their traditional syntax which has been in use for +<para>This package has an issue when compiled against Glibc-&glibc-version;. +Without the patch below, some of the Coreutils utilities (such as +(<command>head</command>, <command>tail</command> and <command>sort</command>) +will reject their traditional syntax, a syntax that has been in use for approximately 30 years. This old syntax is so pervasive that compatibility -should be preserved until the many places where it is used can be updated. -More details on this are provided in the comments inside the patch itself. Use -of this patch is by no means compulsory, but not using it means you'll have to -deal with the consequences yourself: patch the many packages that use the old -syntax. Therefore, better apply the patch:</para> +should be preserved until the many places where it is used can be updated. More +details on this are provided in the comments inside the patch itself. Use of +this patch is by no means compulsory, but not using it means you'll have to +deal with the consequences yourself: patch the many packages that still use the +old syntax. Therefore, better apply the patch:</para> <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&coreutils-posixver-patch;</userinput></screen> |