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diff --git a/chapter06/patch.xml b/chapter06/patch.xml index 9bc61574c..d00473296 100644 --- a/chapter06/patch.xml +++ b/chapter06/patch.xml @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ GCC, Glibc, Grep, Make, Sed</seg></seglistitem> <title>Installation of Patch</title> <para>Prepare Patch for compilation (the preprocessor flag -<emphasis>-D_GNU_SOURCE</emphasis> is only needed on PowerPCs, on other +<parameter>-D_GNU_SOURCE</parameter> is only needed on PowerPCs, on other machines you can leave it out):</para> <screen><userinput>CPPFLAGS=-D_GNU_SOURCE ./configure --prefix=/usr</userinput></screen> @@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ machines you can leave it out):</para> <listitem> <indexterm zone="ch-system-patch patch"><primary sortas="b-patch">patch</primary></indexterm> <para>modifies files according to a patch file. -A patch file normally is a difference listing created with the diff program. -By applying these differences to the original files, patch creates the patched +A patch file normally is a difference listing created with the <command>diff</command> program. +By applying these differences to the original files, <command>patch</command> creates the patched versions. Using patches instead of entirely new tarballs to keep your sources up-to-date can save you a lot of download time.</para> </listitem> |