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<sect2>
<title>Installation of Util-linux</title>
-<para><screen><userinput>./configure
-make -C lib
-make -C mount mount umount
-make -C text-utils more
-cp mount/{mount,umount} /stage1/bin
-cp text-utils/more /stage1/bin</userinput></screen></para>
+<para>Prepare Util-linux for compilation:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>./configure</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Compile some support routines:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make -C lib</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>And, since you'll need only a couple of the utilities contained in this
+package, build just those:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>make -C mount mount umount
+make -C text-utils more</userinput></screen></para>
+
+<para>Now copy these programs to the temporary tools directory:</para>
+
+<para><screen><userinput>cp mount/{,u}mount text-utils/more /stage1/bin</userinput></screen></para>
</sect2>