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Diffstat (limited to 'chapter08')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/ninja.xml | 24 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter08/wheel.xml | 2 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/chapter08/ninja.xml b/chapter08/ninja.xml index 4f3a25e88..7c72b9598 100644 --- a/chapter08/ninja.xml +++ b/chapter08/ninja.xml @@ -36,10 +36,10 @@ </segmentedlist> <tip revision="sysv"> - <para>This section is not strictly required for LFS if not using - systemd. On the other hand, ninja associated to meson makes + <para>This section is not strictly required when LFS does not use + systemd. On the other hand, Ninja, along with Meson, makes a powerful build system combination, - which is expected to be used more and more often. It is required for + which will probably be used more and more often. It is required for several packages in <ulink url="&blfs-book;">the BLFS book</ulink>.</para> </tip> @@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Ninja</title> - <para>When run, ninja normally runs a maximum number of processes - in parallel. By default this is the number of cores on the system - plus two. In some cases this can overheat a CPU or run a system out - of memory. If run from the command line, passing a -jN parameter - will limit the number of parallel processes, but some packages - embed the execution of ninja and do not pass a -j parameter.</para> + <para>When run, ninja normally utilizes the greatest possible number of processes + in parallel. By default this is the number of cores on the system, + plus two. This may overheat the CPU, or make the system run out + of memory. When ninja is invoked from the command line, passing the -jN parameter + will limit the number of parallel processes. Some packages + embed the execution of ninja, and do not pass the -j parameter on to it.</para> <para>Using the <emphasis>optional</emphasis> procedure below allows a user to limit the number of parallel processes via an environment variable, @@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ will limit ninja to four parallel processes.</para> - <para>If desired, add the capability to use the environment variable - NINJAJOBS by running:</para> + <para>If desired, make ninja recognize the environment variable + NINJAJOBS by running the stream editor:</para> <screen><userinput remap="pre">sed -i '/int Guess/a \ int j = 0;\ @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ <varlistentry> <term><parameter>--bootstrap</parameter></term> <listitem> - <para>This parameter forces ninja to rebuild itself for the current + <para>This parameter forces Ninja to rebuild itself for the current system.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> diff --git a/chapter08/wheel.xml b/chapter08/wheel.xml index 7ab14426a..57457dacc 100644 --- a/chapter08/wheel.xml +++ b/chapter08/wheel.xml @@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ <term><command>wheel</command></term> <listitem> <para> - is a utility to unpack, pack, or convert wheel packages + is a utility to unpack, pack, or convert wheel archives </para> <indexterm zone="ch-system-wheel"> <primary sortas="b-wheel">wheel</primary> |