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+++ b/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml
@@ -1,20 +1,14 @@
<sect2>
<title>Installation of Glibc</title>
-<para>
-Once glibc has been unpacked as usual and you have cd'ed into the
+<para>Once glibc has been unpacked as usual and you have cd'ed into the
glibc-&glibc-version; directory, unpack glibc-linuxthreads inside
the glibc-&glibc-version; directory, not in /usr/src as you normally
-would do.
-</para>
+would do.</para>
-<para>
-Install Glibc by running the following commands:
-</para>
+<para>Install Glibc by running the following commands:</para>
-<para>
-<screen>
-<userinput>mknod -m 0666 /dev/null c 1 3 &amp;&amp;</userinput>
+<para><screen><userinput>mknod -m 0666 /dev/null c 1 3 &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>touch /etc/ld.so.conf &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>mkdir ../glibc-build &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>cd ../glibc-build &amp;&amp;</userinput>
@@ -31,46 +25,30 @@ Install Glibc by running the following commands:
<userinput>mv config.make~ config.make &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>make &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>make install &amp;&amp;</userinput>
-<userinput>make localedata/install-locales</userinput>
-</screen>
-</para>
+<userinput>make localedata/install-locales</userinput></screen></para>
-<para>
-During the configure stage you will see the following warning:
-</para>
+<para>During the configure stage you will see the following warning:</para>
-<blockquote><screen>
-configure: warning:
+<blockquote><screen>configure: warning:
*** An auxiliary program is missing or too old;
*** some features will be disabled.
-*** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.
-</screen></blockquote>
+*** Check the INSTALL file for required versions.</screen></blockquote>
-<para>
-This warning refers to the missing msgfmt program from the gettext
+<para>This warning refers to the missing msgfmt program from the gettext
package. But there is nothing to worry about: Glib will still be
installed the same way as when msgfmt is present. It can safely be
-ignored in our case.
-</para>
+ignored in our case.</para>
-<para>
-By exiting the chroot'ed environment and re-entering it, you will be
+<para>By exiting the chroot'ed environment and re-entering it, you will be
able to get rid of the "I have no name!" message in the command prompt,
which is caused by bash's inability to resolve a userid to a username.
You don't have to exit and re-enter chroot, but it's highly recommended
-to ensure a properly working bash.
-</para>
+to ensure a properly working bash.</para>
-<para>
-Run the following commands to accomplish this:
-</para>
+<para>Run the following commands to accomplish this:</para>
-<para>
-<screen>
-<userinput>logout</userinput>
-&c6-chrootcmd;
-</screen>
-</para>
+<para><screen><userinput>logout</userinput>
+&c6-chrootcmd;</screen></para>
</sect2>